Table 3.
Data collection and certification
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |