Hellinck, Senne https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9594-1450
Boedt, Margo
Hornick, Margaret M. https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2124-8288
Gryspeerdt, Filip https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0802-8446
Lerut, An-Verena https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5680-0186
Allaeys, Mathias https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8712-8749
Rashidian, Niki https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2654-4447
Eker, Hasan https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6943-1384
de Carvalho, Luis Abreu https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5821-5512
van Gremberghe, Ineke https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7907-7033
Broach, Robyn B. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8507-3572
Fischer, John P. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0458-3034
Berrevoet, Frederik https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3575-5345
Article History
Received: 15 November 2025
Accepted: 17 January 2026
First Online: 17 February 2026
Declarations
:
: This study was approved by the Ghent University Hospital Medical Ethics Committee (reference number: THE-2023-0179).
: Before their surgical procedures, all patients participated by providing both oral and written consent for the analysis and subsequent publication of anonymized data to be included in this article.
: Dr. Fischer is a co-developer of the Penn Hernia Risk Calculator© and a paid consultant for Becton Dickson and Suturion, and in the past 36 months has received consulting payments from 3M, AbbVie, Baxter, WL Gore, and Integra Life Sciences. Dr. Fischer also receives funding from the National Institutes of Health, unrelated to this work. The other authors have no disclosures.