Köckerling, F.
Brunner, W.
Fortelny, R.
Mayer, F.
Adolf, D.
Niebuhr, H.
Lorenz, R.
Reinpold, W.
Zarras, K.
Weyhe, D.
Article History
Received: 11 June 2020
Accepted: 13 November 2020
First Online: 25 November 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Dr. Köckerling reports grants from Johnson & Johnson, Norderstedt, grants from Karl Storz, Tuttlingen, grants from pfm medical, Cologne, grants from Dahlhausen, Cologne, grants from B Braun, Tuttlingen, grants from MenkeMed, Munich, grants from Bard, Karlsruhe, during the conduct of the study; personal fees from Bard, Karlsruhe, outside the submitted work. All other authors have nothing to disclose.
: As only cases of routine hernia surgery are documented in the Herniamed Registry, an ethical approval was not neccessary.
: This article does not contain any study with animals performed by any of the authors.
: All patients with routine hernia surgery documented in the Herniamed Registry have signed an informed consent declaration agreeing to participate.