Table 6.
Registration of complications
| Routes | Intraoperative wound contamination | Intraoperative complications | Postoperative complications | Mesh infection | Mesh removal | Post-surgical death | Intra-hospital pain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Hernia Registry | Inguinal | No | Bleeding and injuries to other organs, cardiac and pulmonary, technical problems | Hematoma, urinary retention, infection, severe pain, reoperation (bleeding, infection, severe pain, ileus, other). Complication is graded: Mild, severe, life-threatening |
Superficial, deep and reoperation. | Yes | 30-day mortality | No |
| Primary ventral, incisional, parastomal | Yes | Bleeding and injuries to other organs, cardiac and pulmonary, technical problems, bladder injury, intestinal damage, severity of the injury and equipment failure | Bleeding, seroma/hematoma, SSI, mesh infection, intestinal injury, ileus, non-surgical complications, others | Superficial, deep and reoperation | No | 30-day mortality | No | |
| Danish Hernia Database | Inguinal | No | No | No (data obtained from the National Patient Registry) | No | No | 30-day mortality | No |
| Port-site, primary ventral, incisional, parastomal | Yes, only for incisional and parastomal | |||||||
| Herniamed | Incisional, parastomal, hiatal, inguinal, umbilical, epigastric | Yes | Bleeding and injuries to other organs | Complications within 30 days, non-surgical and surgical complications (bleeding, wound healing disorder, deep infection, seroma, hematoma), complication-related reoperations | Yes (deep infection) | No | Yes | Yes |
| Club Hernie | Primary ventral, incisional, inguinal, parastomal, giant incisional | Yes | Bleeding, adhesions, technical problems and injuries to other organs | Complications within 30 days, Clavien-Dindo grading, non-surgical complications, SSO, Surgical others, length of stay, ICU requirement, unplanned return to OR, Re-admissions within 30 days |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| EuraHS | Primary ventral, incisional, parastomal, hiatal, inguinal, open abdomen, abd. wall closure, prophyl. meshes | Yes | Bleeding, adhesions, technical problems and injuries to other organs | Bleeding, intestinal injury, impaired wound healing, ileus, SSI, seroma, non-surgical complications; Clavien-Dindo grading | Superficial, deep and reoperation | Yes | Yes | Yes, but not for all routes |
| Evereg | Incisional | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| AHSQC | Primary, incisional, parastomal, inguinal |
Yes | Bleeding, adhesions, technical problems and injuries to other organs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |