Outpatient inguinal hernia repair in Spain: a population-based study of 1,163,039 patients-clinical and socioeconomic factors associated with the choice of day surgery.

Reducing inpatient admissions and health care costs is a central aspiration of worldwide health systems. This study aimed to evaluate trends in outpatient surgery in inguinal hernia repair (IHR) and factors related to the outpatient setting in Spain. A retrospective cohort study (Record-Strobe compliant) of 1,163,039 patients who underwent IHR from January 2004 to December 2019 was conducted.

Inguinal hernia repairs performed for recurrence in Spain: population-based study of 16 years and 1,302,788 patients.

Purpose: The objective of this study was to assess data on inguinal hernia repairs (IHR) performed for recurrence over a 16 year period (2004-2019) in Spain.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study of 1,302,788 patients who underwent IHR from January 2004 to December 2019 was conducted. Data were extracted from the Spanish Minimum Basic Data Set (MBDS) of the Health Ministry database.

Impact of surgical site infection on healthcare costs and patient outcomes: a systematic review in six European countries.

Background: Surgical site infections (SSIs) are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Furthermore, SSIs constitute a financial burden and negatively impact on patient quality of life (QoL).

Aim: To assess, and evaluate the evidence for, the cost and health-related QoL (HRQoL) burden of SSIs across various surgical specialties in six European countries.

Recommendations of «not-to-do»: Proposals of the Spanish Association of Surgeons to the project «Commitment to quality of scientific societies».

Introduction: The initiative of the Spanish Ministry of Health «Commitment to quality of scientific societies», aims to reduce unnecessary interventions of healthcare professionals.

Methods: The Spanish Association of Surgeons has selected 22 experts from the different sections that have participated in the identification of 26 proposals «do not do» to be ordered by the expected impact its implementation would have according to the GRADE methodology. From these proposals, the Delphi technique was used to select 5 recommendations presented in more detail in this article.