Publications by authors named "J Kukleta"
Article Synopsis
- - Groin hernia repair is a highly common surgery, with over 20 million procedures done annually, prompting the need for updated management guidelines since the last ones were published in 2018.
- - An expert group of 30 international surgeons reviewed new research until April 2022, resulting in updated guidelines with 39 new statements and 32 recommendations, including 16 strong ones.
- - The updated guidelines aim to provide the latest evidence for better groin hernia management practices, with a commitment to adapt future guidelines as new methodologies emerge.
Inguinal hernia operations represent the most frequent operations overall with 300,000 interventions annually in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH region). Despite the announced political willingness and the increasing pressure from the legislator to avoid costly inpatient treatment by carrying out as many outpatient operations as possible, outpatient treatment has so far played a subordinate role in the DACH region. The Boards of the specialist societies the German Hernia Society (DHG), the Surgical Working Group Hernia (CAH of the DHG), the Austrian Hernia Society (ÖHG) and the Swiss Working Group Hernia Surgery (SAHC) make inroads into this problem, describe the initial position and assess the current situation.
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