J. F. Gillion

TL;DR: The main goal of these guidelines is to improve patient outcomes, specifically to decrease recurrence rates and reduce chronic pain, the most frequent problems following groin hernia repair.

TL;DR: Recommendations to decrease the incidence of incisional hernias it is strongly recommended to utilise a non-midline approach to a laparotomy whenever possible and to perform a continuous suturing technique and to avoid the use of rapidly absorbable sutures.

TL;DR: Reducing the incidence of incisional hernia after abdominal surgery with 5 % for instance by implementation of the European Hernia Society Guidelines on closure of abdominal wall incisions, or maybe by use of prophylactic mesh augmentation in high risk patients could result in a national cost savings of 4 million Euros.

TL;DR: A set of recommendations for reporting outcome results of abdominal wall surgery was formulated as guidance for researchers and it is anticipated that the use of these recommendations will increase the quality and meaning of abdomen wall surgery research.

TL;DR: The Danish Hernia Database is the only one to qualify as a genuine national registry where participation is compulsory for entry of all procedures by all surgeons performing a hernia operation.