Introduction
Materials and methods
Representatives | Registries | Countries | Abbreviasions |
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William Hope | Americas Hernia Society Quality Collaboration Registry | United States | AHSQC |
Jean Francois Gillion | Club Hernie | France | CH |
Lars Nannestad Jørgensen | Danish Hernia Database | Denmark | DHDB |
Iris Kyle-Leinhase Filip Muysoms | EuraHS | Belgium | EuraHS |
José Antonio Pereira Rodriguez | Registro Espaniol de Eventraciones | Spain | EVEREG |
Ferdinand Köckerling | Herniamed | Germany, Austria, Switzerland | Herniamed |
Agneta Montgomery | Swedish Hernia Registry | Sweden | SHR |
Results
Compulsory or voluntary participation
Country | Routes | Release | Initiation | Compulsory or voluntary | Funding | |
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Swedish Hernia Registry | Sweden | Inguinal | 1992 | Non-profit team of surgeons | Voluntary | National Board of Health and Welfare |
Ventral | 2007 | |||||
Danish Hernia Database | Denmark | Inguinal | 1998 | Danish surgeons, non-profit | Compulsory | Public funding |
Ventral | 2007 | |||||
Herniamed | Germany, Austria and Switzerland | Inguinal, primary ventral, incisional, parastomal, hiatal | 2009 | Non-profit organization, German Hernia Society (DHG) | Voluntary | PFM medical, Storz, FEG, BARD, Ethicon, Braun, MenkeMed, Dahlhausen, Medtronic |
Club Hernie | France | Inguinal, primary ventral, incisional, parastomal | 2011 | Non-profit surgeon incentive | Voluntary | Bard, Cousin, Medtronic, Peters |
EuraHS | Europe | Primary ventral incisional, parastomal, | 2012 | Non-profit organization, European Hernia Society (EHS) | Voluntary | Medtronic, FEG, BARD, Ethicon |
Hiatal, inguinal, open abdomen, abdominal wall closure, prophyl. meshes | 2015 | |||||
Evereg | Spain | Incisional | 2012 | Surgeons’ incentive/B Braun | Voluntary | B. Braun |
AHSQC | United States of America | Inguinal, primary ventral, parastomal | 2013 | Non-profit organization, Americas Hernia Society (AHS) | Voluntary | Bard, Allergan, Intuitive, Medtronic, W. L. Gore |
National vs international registries
Funding
Case numbers
Routes | Language | Data entry | Active users | Registered cases | Percentage of all hernias in the country | Complete data necessary for inclusion in analyses | Certification for the surgeon/institution | |
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Swedish Hernia Registry | Inguinal | Swedish | Surgeon and follow-up by educated register secretary/nurse | 90 centers | Inguinal: > 240, 000 | > 95% | Yes | No certification is provided |
Primary ventral, incisional, parastomal | > 10 centers | Primary ventral: > 2800 Incisional and parastomal: > 1800 | 15% | Yes | ||||
Danish Hernia Database | Inguinal (including femoral) | Danish | Surgeon | > 300 | Inguinal: > 200,000 | 90% | Yes | No certification is provided |
Ventral: incisional, umbilical, epigastric, port-site, parastomal, other (Spigeli, lumbar, etc.) | Ventral: > 45,000 (umbilical: > 22,500 Incisional: > 11,500 Epigastric: > 6500 Port: > 1500 Parastomal: > 1100) | 80% | Yes | |||||
Herniamed | Incisional, parastomal, hiatal, inguinal, umbilical, epigastric | English, German | Surgeon | > 500 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland | Inguinal: > 290,000 Umbilical: > 70,000 Incisional: > 50,000 Epigastric: > 16,000 Hiatal: > 9000 Parastomal: > 2000 | 15–20% | Yes | User certificates defined by certain outcome criteria |
Club Hernie | Primary ventral, incisional, inguinal, parastomal, giant incisional | French | Surgeon and independent clinical research assistants | 50 | Inguinal: > 17,700 Ventral: > 7000 | 2–3% | Yes | Continuing medical education credits |
EuraHS | Primary ventral, incisional, parastomal | English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Polish | Surgeon | > 100 all over Europe | Incisional > 4175 Inguinal > 800 Hiatal: > 300 Open abdomen > 400 | No data available for Europe | No | Certificate for registration from EuraHS |
Hiatal, inguinal, open abdomen, abdominal wall closure, prophyl. meshes | English, German, Dutch | No data available for Europe | No | |||||
Evereg | Only incisional hernias, no primary hernias | Spanish | Surgeon | 113 hospitals in Spain only | > 7300 | No data available for Spain | Yes | No certification is provided |
AHSQC | Primary, incisional, parastomal, inguinal | English | Surgeon, clinical teams, patient | > 200 | > 20,000 | No data available for USA | Yes | American Board of Surgery Maintenance of Certification Part IV; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Qualified Clinical Data Registry |
Certification of participation
Data protection
Routes | Indentification | Contact details | Date of birth | BMI | Occupation | Smoker | Sport/exercise | Risk factors | Comorbidities | |
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Swedish Hernia Registry | Inguinal | Anonymous, gender | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Immunosuppression, collagen-related disease, increase risk for bleeding | Diabetes, pulmonary disease |
Primary ventral, incisional, parastomal | Immunosuppression, collagen-related disease, bleeding disease, steroids | |||||||||
Danish Hernia Database | Inguinal | National identity code (CPR) | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Port-site, primary ventral, incisional, parastomal | Yes | Yes | Yes for incisional and parastomal hernia | |||||||
Herniamed | Incisional, parastomal, hiatal, inguinal, umbilical, epigastric | No, only treating institution | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Aneurysm, immunosuppression, thrombocyte aggregation inhibitors, coumarin derivate, coagulopathy, smoking | COPD, asthma, diabetes |
Club Hernie | Primary ventral, incisional, inguinal, parastomal, giant incisional | Anonymous, gender | No | Age only | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Aneurysm, immunosuppression, thrombocyte aggregation inhibitors, anticoagulant, personal history of hernia surgery, radiotherapy, chronic medical disease | ASA grading, diabetes, Hepatic disease, COPD, dysuria, constipation |
EuraHS | Primary ventral, incisional, parastomal, hiatal, inguinal, open abdomen, abd. wall closure, prophyl. meshes | Anonymous, gender | No | Year only | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Aneurysm, collagen-related disease, immunosuppression, thrombocyte aggregation inhibitors, personal history of hernia surgery | cardiac disease, COPD, diabetes, arterial hypertension, pulmonary disease, hepatic disease, renal disease, malignant disease |
Evereg | Incisional | Anonymous, gender | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Anticoag, antiplatelet, immunosupressants, smoking, personal history of hernia surgery | COPD, diabetes, cardiac disease, arterial hypertension, hepatic disease, renal disease, malignant disease |
AHSQC | Primary ventral, incisional, parastomal, inguinal | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Anticoagulant use, antiplatelet use, immunosuppressant use, nicotine use and route, history of hernia operation/open abdomen/myofascial release/surgical site infection, MRSA, currently active infection | Liver failure, ascites, HTN, diabetes, dialysis, COPD, dyspnea, inflammatory bowel disease, aneurysm |
Patient variables
Routes | Pre-op data collection | Use of classifications (EHS) | Anatomical considerations | Operating time | Antibiotic use | Reducibility of the hernia | Defect closure | Registration of concomitant abdominal surgery | |
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Swedish Hernia Registry | Inguinal | Yes | Size and localization | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes, but no report of type |
Primary ventral, incisional, parastomal | Yes | Yes | |||||||
Danish Hernia Database | Inguinal | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes, but no report of type |
Port-site, primary ventral, incisional, parastomal | Yes, only for incisional and parastomal | ||||||||
Herniamed | Incisional, parastomal, hiatal, inguinal, umbilical, epigastric | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Club Hernie | Primary ventral, incisional, inguinal, parastomal, giant incisional | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
EuraHS | Primary ventral, incisional, parastomal, hiatal, inguinal, open abdomen, abd. wall closure, prophyl. meshes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Evereg | Incisional | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
AHSQC | Primary ventral, incisional, parastomal, inguinal | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Operative data
Intra- and postoperative complications
Routes | Intraoperative wound contamination | Intraoperative complications | Postoperative complications | Mesh infection | Mesh removal | Post-surgical death | Intra-hospital pain | |
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Swedish Hernia Registry | Inguinal | No | Bleeding and injuries to other organs, cardiac and pulmonary, technical problems | Hematoma, urinary retention, infection, severe pain, reoperation (bleeding, infection, severe pain, ileus, other). Complication is graded: Mild, severe, life-threatening | Superficial, deep and reoperation. | Yes | 30-day mortality | No |
Primary ventral, incisional, parastomal | Yes | Bleeding and injuries to other organs, cardiac and pulmonary, technical problems, bladder injury, intestinal damage, severity of the injury and equipment failure | Bleeding, seroma/hematoma, SSI, mesh infection, intestinal injury, ileus, non-surgical complications, others | Superficial, deep and reoperation | No | 30-day mortality | No | |
Danish Hernia Database | Inguinal | No | No | No (data obtained from the National Patient Registry) | No | No | 30-day mortality | No |
Port-site, primary ventral, incisional, parastomal | Yes, only for incisional and parastomal | |||||||
Herniamed | Incisional, parastomal, hiatal, inguinal, umbilical, epigastric | Yes | Bleeding and injuries to other organs | Complications within 30 days, non-surgical and surgical complications (bleeding, wound healing disorder, deep infection, seroma, hematoma), complication-related reoperations | Yes (deep infection) | No | Yes | Yes |
Club Hernie | Primary ventral, incisional, inguinal, parastomal, giant incisional | Yes | Bleeding, adhesions, technical problems and injuries to other organs | Complications within 30 days, Clavien-Dindo grading, non-surgical complications, SSO, Surgical others, length of stay, ICU requirement, unplanned return to OR, Re-admissions within 30 days | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
EuraHS | Primary ventral, incisional, parastomal, hiatal, inguinal, open abdomen, abd. wall closure, prophyl. meshes | Yes | Bleeding, adhesions, technical problems and injuries to other organs | Bleeding, intestinal injury, impaired wound healing, ileus, SSI, seroma, non-surgical complications; Clavien-Dindo grading | Superficial, deep and reoperation | Yes | Yes | Yes, but not for all routes |
Evereg | Incisional | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
AHSQC | Primary, incisional, parastomal, inguinal | Yes | Bleeding, adhesions, technical problems and injuries to other organs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Follow-up data
Routes | Time scale post-op follow-up | FU achievements | |
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Swedish Hernia Registry | Inguinal | 1 month, re-entry for a recurrence | > 90% |
Primary ventral, incisional, parastomal | 1, 6 months | > 90%, respective 50% | |
Danish Hernia Database | Inguinal, port-site, primary ventral, incisional, parastomal | Until patient death or emigration from data linking with the Danish Patient Registry | 100% for all included patients |
HerniaMed | Incisional, parastomal, hiatal, inguinal, umbilical, epigastric | 1, 5, 10 years | Per contract with surgeon > 85% |
Club Hernie | Primary ventral, incisional, inguinal, parastomal, giant incisional | 1 month by the surgeon clinically, 2 years and 5 years systematic control done by phone questionnaires by independent clinical research assistant blinded to the technique used. Additional if needed | > 85% at 2y FU for all correctly registered patients |
EuraHS | Primary ventral, incisional, parastomal, hiatal, inguinal, open abdomen, abd. wall closure, prophyl. meshes | 1 month, 1 year, 2 years; additional time points between and after the fixed follow-up moments are possible | > 50% for 1 year; big differences in users |
Evereg | Incisional | 1 month, 6 months, 1 year, 2 years. Additional if it’s needed | > 35% |
AHSQC | Primary ventral, incisional, parastomal, inguinal | 1 month, 6 months, 1 year, 2 year, each year after operation | 90% 30 day; targeted long-term follow-up (based on individual populations of interest) |
Routes | Post-operative complications | Post-operative pain | Seroma | Infection | Recurrence | Reoperation | Mortality | QoL measurements | |
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Swedish Hernia Registry | Inguinal | Registered by the coordinator | Yes | Yes | Yes | At reoperation | Yes | Yes | IPQ 2 |
Primary ventral, incisional, parastomal | Yes | Yes and at reoperation | No | ||||||
Danish Hernia Database | Inguinal, port-site, primary ventral, incisional, parastomal | Only if requiring reoperation or re-admission | No | Only if requiring reoper. or re-adm. | Only if requiring reoper. or re-adm. | Only if requiring reoper. or re-adm. | Yes | Yes, derived from national identity code | No |
HerniaMed | Incisional, parastomal, hiatal inguinal, umbilical, epigastric | Secondary bleeding, intestinal lesion, wound healing disorder, ileus, deep infection | Pain (VAS scale) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Club Hernie | primary ventral, incisional, inguinal, parastomal, giant incisional | SSI, post-op bulging, mesh infection | Yes | Yes | SSI, post-op bulging, mesh infection | Yes | Yes | Yes | Club Hernie QoL Score |
EuraHS | Primary ventral, incisional, parastomal, hiatal, inguinal, open abdomen, abd. wall closure, prophyl. meshes | SSI, post-op bulging, mesh infection | VAS, chronic pain: Cunningham classification | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | EuraHS QoL score, Giqli score |
Evereg | Incisional | Yes | Chronic pain, VAS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
AHSQC | Primary ventral, incisional, parastomal, inguinal | SSI, SSO, NSQIP complications | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | HerQLes, NIH PROMIS |
Outcome measurement tools
Routes | Data analysis provided | Validation | |
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Swedish Hernia Registry | Inguinal | Annual report on website and report to each center; individual surgeons get their results via the center; publication of data on the website, reports on national and international congresses | Random external validation; selected units are monitored each year by a specially educated team |
Primary ventral, incisional, parastomal | Individual surgeons get their results via the center; publication of data on national and international congresses | Not at the moment, planned | |
Danish Hernia Registry | Inguinal, port-site, primary ventral, incisional, parastomal | National education programs; feedback to surgeon; reports for research projects; publications in international papers; publication of data on international congresses | High validity has been demonstrated between patients´ files and entered data in the registry. Moreover, data are validated on an annual basis against certain quality standards, defined for groin and ventral hernia repair |
HerniaMed | Incisional, parastomal, hiatal, inguinal, umbilical, epigastric | Study reporting per route and per section (demographic, status, surgery, mesh, complications, pain) possible. Excel export in real time for surgeons and groups; publication of data | Validation of the data via the German Hernia Society; 1st year: participant has to sign that he/she entered 90% of all hernia operations; after 3 years random audit |
Club Hernie | Primary ventral, incisional, inguinal parastomal, giant incisional | Excel export in real time for surgeons and groups; real time comparisons with the group; publication of data on national and international congresses | Asking the patient, the clinical research assistant makes a retro-control of the surgeon’s input. In case of any difference, a control of the medical chart is done |
EuraHS | Primary ventral, incisional, parastomal, hiatal, inguinal, open abdomen, abd. wall closure, prophyl. meshes | Excel export in real time per route or per case, case summary function, publication of data on international congresses. Annual report on website | Data validation is done by the constributing surgeons, as they are the owner of their data. |
Evereg | Incisional | Excel export in real time for surgeons and groups; data report only for members of board; comparison with the group only available for the Executive Committee; publication of data on international congresses | Annual monitoring by an Executive Committee |
AHSQC | Primary ventral, incisional, parastomal, inguinal | Real-time risk adjusted reports provided, comparing individual surgeon or hospital performance compared to collaborative; yearly individual surgeon reports; collaborative-wide analyses | Systematic data assurance including completion and accuracy |