de Vries, F. E. E. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7061-6511
Hodgkinson, J. D.
Claessen, J. J. M.
van Ruler, O.
Leo, C. A.
Maeda, Y.
Lapid, O.
Obdeijn, M. C.
Tanis, P. J.
Bemelman, W. A.
Constantinides, J.
Hanna, G. B.
Warusavitarne, J.
Vaizey, C.
Boermeester, M. A.
Article History
Received: 1 October 2019
Accepted: 4 January 2020
First Online: 20 February 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: JDH, FEEdV, JJMC, CAL, YM, OvR, OL, MCO, PJT, WAB, JC, GBH and JW declare no conflict of interest directly related to the current work; CJV declares no conflict of interest directly related to the current work and declares consultancy advisor to Acelity and paid lecture for Allergan. MAB declares no conflict of interest directly related to the current work and reports institutional research grants from Baxter, Mylan, Ipsen, Acelity/KCI, Bard, LifeCell and Johnson & Johnson/Ethicon and New Compliance; and is a speaker or advisory board member for Acelity/KCI, Bard, LifeCell/Allergan, Gore, Bard, Smith&Nephew and Johnson & Johnson/Ethicon.
: The study protocol was approved by the medical ethical committees of both hospitals.
: Most of the study is retrospective data collected in a hernia database. Patients had one prospective follow-up moment and had to fill a questionnaire. These procedures were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments.
: All patients signed informed consent prior to participation and data were stored in a secured database.