Table 8.
Routes | Post-operative complications | Post-operative pain | Seroma | Infection | Recurrence | Reoperation | Mortality | QoL measurements | |
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Swedish Hernia Registry | Inguinal | Registered by the coordinator | Yes | Yes | Yes | At reoperation | Yes | Yes | IPQ 2 |
Primary ventral, incisional, parastomal | Yes | Yes and at reoperation | No | ||||||
Danish Hernia Database | Inguinal, port-site, primary ventral, incisional, parastomal | Only if requiring reoperation or re-admission | No | Only if requiring reoper. or re-adm. | Only if requiring reoper. or re-adm. | Only if requiring reoper. or re-adm. | Yes | Yes, derived from national identity code | No |
HerniaMed | Incisional, parastomal, hiatal inguinal, umbilical, epigastric | Secondary bleeding, intestinal lesion, wound healing disorder, ileus, deep infection | Pain (VAS scale) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Club Hernie | primary ventral, incisional, inguinal, parastomal, giant incisional | SSI, post-op bulging, mesh infection | Yes | Yes | SSI, post-op bulging, mesh infection | Yes | Yes | Yes | Club Hernie QoL Score |
EuraHS | Primary ventral, incisional, parastomal, hiatal, inguinal, open abdomen, abd. wall closure, prophyl. meshes | SSI, post-op bulging, mesh infection | VAS, chronic pain: Cunningham classification | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | EuraHS QoL score, Giqli score |
Evereg | Incisional | Yes | Chronic pain, VAS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
AHSQC | Primary ventral, incisional, parastomal, inguinal | SSI, SSO, NSQIP complications | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | HerQLes, NIH PROMIS |
VAS visual analog scale, SSI surgical site infection, SSO surgical site occurance, NSQIP National Surgical Quality Improvement Program, QoL quality of life, HerQLes hernia-related quality-of-life survey, Gigli score gastrointestinal quality of life index, NIH PROMIS National Institute of Health patient-reported outcome measurement information system