International Hernia Collaboration Consensus on Nomenclature of Abdominal Wall Hernia Repair

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It is with great interest that we read the manuscript “Nomenclature in Abdominal Wall Hernias: Is it time for Consensus?” by Parker et al. [1]. We agree with the authors that a consensus is needed to avoid errors in interpretation of the literature or of operative reports. When performing meta-analyses of studies, it is essential to be able to group the studies correctly when doing sub-analysis according to mesh position. Nevertheless, the authors have left in their paper several options for the different positions of the mesh in relation to the abdominal wall anatomy. A working group of the European Hernia Society [2] has previously published an unambiguous nomenclature, but this proposal has not penetrated the surgical literature widely. …