… study was to identify risk factors for complications after groin hernia surgery using the
Swedish Hernia Register (SHR) with an almost complete coverage of hernia surgery in Sweden. …

… the register. In this study, data on the 142,289 femoral and inguinal hernia repairs registered
in the SHR between January 1, 1992 and December 31, 2006 were extracted. The type of …

… registered in the SHR. In the present study, method of groin hernia repair was divided …
the following subgroups: open anterior (including plug); Lichtenstein repair; open suture; …

… retrieved from the Swedish Hernia Register of patients with groin hernia repair in 1994. The
objective of this study was to evaluate recurrence rate and chronic groin pain 3 years after …

… The present study includes all registered primary groin hernia repairs performed in
Sweden from January 1, 1998, through December 31, 2007. Exclusion criteria were recurrent …

… studies to major surgery with a calculable risk to life. To determine whether or not their results
might be extrapolated to minor surgery, we considered groin hernia surgery as … We studied …

… Our registry-based study indicated that inguinal hernia repair is seldom associated with
severe postoperative complications and patient discomfort. The reported failure rate was only 4.5 …

… did not require approval from an ethics committee in the Netherlands; moreover, registration
in the DRG-database (with both DRGs as well as the healthcare activities) did not require …

… The main objective of this study was to investigate whether combining data on individuals …
Patient Register with data for the same individuals from the Swedish Prescribed Drug Register …

… before a register is initiated. Clinical follow-up of patients is optional in register studies. …
been used in a study on infection in inguinal hernia repair. A plea for nationwide or regional …