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ArticleHernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery2021

Building a national hernia registry in South Africa: initial ventral hernia repair results from a diverse healthcare sector.

J Gouws, D Nel, H C Bougard, C Sofianos, G B Reimers, S Rayamajhi, D J Folscher, R de Beer, R J Rademan, I E Donkin and 4 more

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Article in Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

  1. Adult groin hernia surgery in sub-Saharan Africa: a 20-year systematic review and meta-analysis.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2023
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  2. Mapping the therapeutic landscape in emergency incisional hernia: a scoping review.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

14 authors.

J GouwsDivision of General Surgery, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. juanpercygouws@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3455-0943
D NelDivision of General Surgery, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3265-1049
H C BougardDivision of General Surgery, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0820-4134
C SofianosHernia Interest Group of South Africa Executive Committee, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6195-7920
G B ReimersHernia Interest Group of South Africa Executive Committee, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6230-4048
S RayamajhiDivision of General Surgery, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0930-9990
D J FolscherMediclinic George, George, South Africa.
R de BeerHernia Interest Group of South Africa Executive Committee, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0681-5211
R J RademanMediclinic Durbanville, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2224-0243
I E DonkinLife Hilton Hospital, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7931-8569
N SwartNetcare Blaauwberg, Cape Town, South Africa.
O S TaranNew Somerset Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3122-2007
N C CampbellLife Entabeni Hospital, Durban, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1223-4256
J C KloppersDivision of General Surgery, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. christo.kloppers@uct.ac.za.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2438-6879

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe purpose of this paper was to introduce a new registry in a developing country by describing the demographics, management and 30-day outcomes of patients undergoing ventral hernia repair in the public and private healthcare sectors of South Africa.

methodsThis study was a retrospective review of a prospectively maintained hernia registry from the 1st of February 2019 to 29th of February 2020.

results353 ventral hernia repair cases were recorded of which 47% were incisional hernias and the remainder were primary hernias. The median age was 54 years with even distribution of males and females. Half of the patients were obese with a median BMI of 31 kg/m

conclusionParticipation in the HIG (SA) registry was low with poor follow up over the first year. Ongoing prospective data capture on the HIG (SA) hernia registry will continue to provide further insights into hernia repair practices in South Africa.

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Hernia, VentralLaparoscopyFemaleHealth Care SectorHerniorrhaphyHumansMaleMiddle AgedPostoperative ComplicationsProspective StudiesRecurrenceRegistriesRetrospective StudiesSouth AfricaSurgical MeshDeveloping worldRegistryRegistry applicationVentral hernia

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