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Reply to Comment to "Update with level 1 studies of the European Hernia Society guidelines on the treatment of inguinal hernia in adult patients" W.J. Bökkerink, C.J. van Laarhoven, G.G. Koning. DOI 10.1007/s10029-014-1266-0

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MPS and MM declare a conflict of interest not directly related to the submitted work by support for travel to meetings for the “Update with level 1 studies of the European Hernia Society guidelines on the treatment of inguinal hernia in adult patients” by Ethicon. In addition, MM declares a conflict of interest by receiving grants from Covidien and Bard, by consultancy for Covidien, by payment for lectures by Bard, Cook and Covidien, and by development of educational presentation by Ethicon.

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  1. Department of Abdominal Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium

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  2. Onze Lieve Vrouwe Hospital, Postbus 95500, 1040 HM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Miserez, M., Simons, M.P. Reply to Comment to "Update with level 1 studies of the European Hernia Society guidelines on the treatment of inguinal hernia in adult patients" W.J. Bökkerink, C.J. van Laarhoven, G.G. Koning. DOI 10.1007/s10029-014-1266-0. Hernia 18, 773–774 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-014-1286-9

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