Update of the international HerniaSurge guidelines for groin hernia management

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  • Cesare Stabilini
  • Nadine van Veenendaal
  • Ferdinando Agresta
  • Theo Aufenacker
  • Frederik Berrevoet
  • Ine Burgmans
  • David Chen
  • Andrew de Beaux
  • Barbora East
  • Jose Garcia-Alamino
  • Ferdinand Köckerling
  • Jan Kukleta
  • Maarten Loos
  • Manuel Lopez-Cano
  • Ralph Lorenz
  • Marc Miserez
  • Agneta Montgomery
  • Salvador Morales-Conde
  • Chris Oppong
  • Maciej Pawlak
  • Mauro Podda
  • Wolfgang Reinpold
  • David Sanders
  • Alberto Sartori
  • Hanh Minh Tran
  • Mireia Verdaguer
  • Reiko Wiessner
  • Michael Yeboah
  • Willem Zwaans
  • Maarten Simons

Background: Groin hernia repair is one of the most common operations performed globally, with more than 20 million procedures per year. The last guidelines on groin hernia management were published in 2018 by the HerniaSurge Group. The aim of this project was to assess new evidence and update the guidelines. The guideline is intended for general and abdominal wall surgeons treating adult patients with groin hernias. Method: A working group of 30 international groin hernia experts and all involved stakeholders was formed and examined all new literature on groin hernia management, available until April 2022. Articles were screened for eligibility and assessed according to GRADE methodologies. New evidence was included, and chapters were rewritten. Statements and recommendations were updated or newly formulated as necessary. Results: Ten chapters of the original HerniaSurge inguinal hernia guidelines were updated. In total, 39 new statements and 32 recommendations were formulated (16 strong recommendations). A modified Delphi method was used to reach consensus on all statements and recommendations among the groin hernia experts and at the European Hernia Society meeting in Manchester on October 21, 2022. Conclusion: The HerniaSurge Collaboration has updated the international guidelines for groin hernia management. The updated guidelines provide an overview of the best available evidence on groin hernia management and include evidence-based statements and recommendations for daily practice. Future guideline development will change according to emerging guideline methodology.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberzrad080
JournalBJS open
Volume7
Issue number5
Number of pages38
ISSN2474-9842
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Publication statusPublished - 2023

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