Interpretation of the updated international guidelines for groin hernia management (2023)

Abstract

Since the International guidelines for groin hernia management were published in 2018, many new evidences have been published. In October 2023, the HerniaSurge Group published Update of the international HerniaSurge guidelines for groin hernia management. It updated eight chapters of the last guidelines, proposed 20 key questions, and 39 new statements and 32 recommendations, of which 16 were strong recommendations. This article combined clinical concerns to sort out and interpret the updated version.

Keywords

• |groin hernia|hernia repair|guidelines interpretation