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The European hernia society groin hernia classication: simple and easy to remember

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After reviewing the available classifications for groin hernias, the European Hernia Society (EHS) proposes an easy and simple classification based on the Aachen classification. The EHS will promote the general and systematic use of this classification for intraoperative description of the type of hernia and to increase the comparison of results in the literature.

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  1. Department of Abdominal Surgery, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium

    M. Miserez

  2. Paris, France

    J. H. Alexandre

  3. Department of Surgical Sciences, Policlinico Hospital IRCCS, University of Milano, Pad. Beretta Est Via Francesco Sforza, 35, 20122, Milano, Italy

    G. Campanelli

  4. Department of General and Laparoscopic Surgery, Monaldi Hospital, Via Leonardo Bianchi, 80131, Naples, Italy

    F. Corcione & D. Cuccurullo

  5. Department of Surgery, 12 de Octubre University Hospital, Madrid, Spain

    M. Hidalgo Pascual

  6. Katholisches Klinikum Mainz SHK, Chirurgische Abteilung, Hildegardstr. 2, 55131, Mainz, Germany

    A. Hoeferlin

  7. Peninsula Medical School, Level 7, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, PL6 8DH, UK

    A. N. Kingsnorth

  8. Department of General and Emergency Surgery, Villa Sofia, CTO Hospital, Palermo, 90015, Italy

    V. Mandala

  9. Service de Chirurgie Generale et Digestive, Hopital Robert-Debre-CHU, 51092, Reims, France

    J. P. Palot

  10. Department of Surgery, Medical Faculty, University Hospital, Rheinish-Westphalian Technical University (RWTH), Pauwelsstrasse 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany

    V. Schumpelick

  11. Department of Surgery, University Hospital, 3584X, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    R. K. J. Simmermacher

  12. Amiens, France

    R. Stoppa

  13. Department of Surgery and Anatomy, Reims University, Service de Chirurgie Generale, Hopital Robert-Debre-CHU, 51092, Reims, France

    J. B. Flament

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R. Stoppa died a few months ago.

An erratum to this article can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10029-008-0361-5

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Miserez, M., Alexandre, J.H., Campanelli, G. et al. The European hernia society groin hernia classication: simple and easy to remember. Hernia 11, 113–116 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-007-0198-3

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