Comparing apples and oranges will not guide treatment the right way in umbilical hernia repair: use either level-1 evidence or guidelines

Hernia. 2021 Jun;25(3):821-822. doi: 10.1007/s10029-020-02193-8. Epub 2020 Apr 22.

Authors

R Kaufmann^{1

2}, J A Halm³, J F Lange⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Haga Teaching Hospital, Els Borst-Eilersplein 275, 2545 AA, The Hague, The Netherlands. ruth.kaufmann@gmail.com.
² Department of Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. ruth.kaufmann@gmail.com.
³ Department of Traumasurgery, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, Location AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

PMID: 32323038
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-020-02193-8

No abstract available

Keywords: Abdominal wall hernia; Incisional hernia; Recurrence; Umbilical hernia; Ventral hernia.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Hernia, Umbilical* / surgery
Hernia, Ventral* / surgery
Herniorrhaphy
Humans
Incisional Hernia* / surgery