This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1111/CTR.14103 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved DR. MAXIMOS FROUNTZAS (Orcid ID : 0000-0001-9157-9860) Article type : Review Article Open or laparoscopic mesh repair of incisional hernia in patients that underwent liver transplantation? A systematic review and proportional meta-analysis. Maximos Frountzas 1,5 , Christina Nikolaou 1 , Spyridon Maris 2 , Effrosyni Stavrou 3 , Panagiotis Giannopoulos 1 , Dimitrios Schizas 4 , Konstantinos Stergios 1 , Konstantinos Toutouzas 5 Affiliation 1 Laboratory of Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research “N. S. Christeas”, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. 2 2nd Surgical Department and Unit of Surgical Oncology "Korgialenio-Benakio", Red Cross Athens General Hospital, Greece. 3 2nd Surgical Department, Asklepieion Voulas General Hospital. 4 First Department of Surgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece. 5 1 st Department of Propedeutic Surgery, Hippokration General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens. Correspondence: Maximos Frountzas, MD, PhD(c) 15B, Agiou Thoma str. Athens 11527 – GREECE Accepted Article