Efficacy and safety of artificial intelligence-based large language models for decision making support in herniology: evaluation by experts and general surgeons.

Objective: To evaluate the quality of recommendations provided by ChatGPT regarding inguinal hernia repair.

Material And Methods: ChatGPT was asked 5 questions about surgical management of inguinal hernias. The chat-bot was assigned the role of expert in herniology and requested to search only specialized medical databases and provide information about references and evidence.