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ReviewHernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery2018

Comparison of hernia registries: the CORE project.

I Kyle-Leinhase, F Köckerling, L N Jørgensen, A Montgomery, J F Gillion, J A P Rodriguez, W Hope, F Muysoms

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Review in Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 71 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

71 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  17. Protocol for the AFTERHERNIA Project: patient-reported outcomes of groin and ventral hernia repair.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

I Kyle-LeinhaseEuraHS and Department of Surgery, Maria Middelares Hospital, Buitenring Sint-Denijs 30, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
F KöckerlingHERNIAMED and Department of Surgery and Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Academic Teaching Hospital of Charité Medical School, Vivantes Hospital Spandau, Neue Bergstrasse 6, 13585, Berlin, Germany. ferdinand.koeckerling@vivantes.de.
L N JørgensenDANISH HERNIA DATABASE and Digestive Disease Center, Bispebjerg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
A MontgomerySWEDISH HERNIA REGISTRY and Department of Clinical Sciences, Skåne University Hospital Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden.
J F GillionCLUB HERNIE and Unité de Chirurgie Viscérale et Digestive, Hôpital Privé d'Antony, Antony, France.
J A P RodriguezEVEREG and Hospital Universitario del Mar, Barcelona, Spain.
W HopeAHSQC and New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, USA.
F MuysomsEuraHS and Department of Surgery, Maria Middelares Hospital, Buitenring Sint-Denijs 30, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe aim of the international CORE project was to explore the databases of the existing hernia registries and compare them in content and outcome variables.

methodsThe CORE project was initiated with representatives from all established hernia registries (Danish Hernia Database, Swedish Hernia Registry, Herniamed, EuraHS, Club Hernie, EVEREG, AHSQC) in March 2015 in Berlin. The following categories were used to compare the registries: initiation and funding, data collection and use for certification of hernia centers, patient data and data protection, operative data, registration of complications and follow-up data.

resultsThe Danish Hernia Database is the only one to qualify as a genuine national registry where participation is compulsory for entry of all procedures by all surgeons performing a hernia operation. All other registries have to be considered as voluntary and completeness of data depends upon the participating hospitals and surgeons. Only the Danish Hernia Database and the Swedish Hernia Registry are publicly funded. All other registries are reliant on financial support from the medical technology industry. As an incentive for voluntary participation in a hernia registry, hospitals or surgeons are issued a certificate confirming that they are taking part in a quality assurance study for hernia surgery. Due to data protection and privacy regulations, most registries are obliged or have chosen to enter their patient data anonymously or coded. The Danish Hernia Database and Swedish Hernia Registry utilize a national personal patient code. In the Herniamed Registry, patient data are saved in a coded and anonymous format after obtaining the patient's informed consent.

conclusionDespite the differences in the way data are collected for each of the listed hernia registries, the data are indispensable in clinical research.

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