TY - JOUR

T1 - Midline incisional hernia guidelines

T2 - the European Hernia Society

AU - Sanders, David L.

AU - Pawlak, Maciej M.

AU - Simons, Maarten P.

AU - Aufenacker, Theo

AU - Balla, Andrea

AU - Berger, Cigdem

AU - Berrevoet, Frederik

AU - de Beaux, Andrew C.

AU - East, Barbora

AU - Henriksen, Nadia A.

AU - Klugar, Miloslav

AU - Langaufová, Alena

AU - Miserez, Marc

AU - Morales-Conde, Salvador

AU - Montgomery, Agneta

AU - Pettersson, Patrik K.

AU - Reinpold, Wolfgang

AU - Renard, Yohann

AU - Slezáková, Simona

AU - Whitehead-Clarke, Thomas

AU - Stabilini, Cesare

N1 - Funding Information: D.L.S. reports payment for post-market surveillance for Medtronic, payment for online lectures for Medtronic, and payment for development of hernia patient app for Medtronic. M.P.S. reports being a board member of EHS, proctor fees from Intuitive, and faculty fees from Intuitive. M.M. reports research grants from FEG Textiltechnik, Medtronic, BD, and Grünenthal NV, consultancy fees from Tissium SA, payment for webinars for Bard Benelux NV and Medtronic AG, membership of the European Commission Expert Panel in the field of Medical Devices for ‘General and Plastic Surgery and Dentistry’, and being Vice-Chair of the Subgroup ‘Surgical Implants and General Surgery’. S.M.-C. reports payment for speaking at symposia for Medtronic, BBraum, Olympus, Stryker, BD Bard, Meril, and Gore, being on the Advisory Board for Medtronic, Storz, Stryker, Olympus, BD Bard, and Tissium, payment for organizing workshops for Ethicon, Medtronic, Gore, BD Bard, and Olympus, and grants for clinical research from Gore and Microline. B.E. reports payment for speaking and educational events for Medtronic, payment for development of hernia patient app for Medtronic, and research grants from EHS and the Czech Ministry of Health. N.A.H. reports speaker fees from Medtronic and Gore. C.S. reports an honorarium from BD Bard and an honorarium from Medtronic. Y.R. reports an honorarium from BD Bard and an honorarium from Medtronic. A.C.d.B. reports payment for lectures from Medtronic and BBraun, payment for development of Hernia Basecamp from Medtronic, and being General Secretary of EHS. F.B. reports payment for being on the Advisory Board for Medtronic, BD, and Tissium, payment for lecturing and workshops for Medtronic, and payment for lecturing for BD and Ethicon J&J. The authors declare no other conflict of interest. Funding Information: The work was funded by grants from the European Hernia Society (EHS) and from the British Journal of Surgery (BJS). The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the EHS or the BJS. Acknowledgements Funding Information: The incisional hernia guidelines project was approved by the European Hernia Society (EHS) board in July 2019. Two coordinators were appointed to manage the project. To ensure robust methodological support a Cochrane and grading of recommendations, assessment, development, and evaluation (GRADE) methodology team from the Czech National Centre for Evidence-Based Healthcare at Masaryk University was included in the guidelines group. The guidelines group was selected by the coordinators from the membership of the EHS and included general surgeons from various sub-specialties and specialist abdominal wall surgeons. A patient representative was invited to all group meetings, and was involved in prioritizing outcome parameters. Conflicts of interest for each member were recorded transparently at the beginning of the project. The meetings were funded by the EHS and the British Journal of Surgery (BJS). The EHS and the BJS had no influence on the content of the guidelines. There was no involvement from industry.

PY - 2023

Y1 - 2023

U2 - 10.1093/bjs/znad284

DO - 10.1093/bjs/znad284

M3 - Review

C2 - 37727928

AN - SCOPUS:85176508575

VL - 110

SP - 1732

EP - 1768

JO - British Journal of Surgery

JF - British Journal of Surgery

SN - 0007-1323

IS - 12

ER -