Lorenz, Ralph https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9749-3005
Conze, J.
Fortelny, R.
Köckerling, F.
Mayer, F.
Niebuhr, H.
Reinpold, W.
Stechemesser, B.
Wiessner, R.
Adolf, D.
Paasch, Ch.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg CAMPUS GmbH
Article History
Received: 14 February 2026
Accepted: 9 April 2026
First Online: 12 May 2026
Declarations
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: Only cases of routine hernia surgery were documented in the Herniamed Registry and all patients have signed a special informed consent declaration agreeing to participate. The Herniamed Registry has received ethics approval from Ethics Committee Kanton St. Gallen (BASEC Nr. 2016-00123), Ethics Committee University of Tübingen (287/2017 BO2), Ethics Committee State Medical Association Baden-Württemberg (F-2022-111), and Ethic Committee University of Cologne (24-1115-retro).
: All patients with routine hernia surgery documented in Herniamed Registry have signed an informed consent declaration agreeing to participate.
: This article does not contain any Study with animals performed by any of the authors.
: − FK reports grants to fund Herniamed from Johnson&Johnson, Norderstedt, Karl Storz, Tuttlingen, MenkeMed, Munich, DB Karlsruhe, PFM Medical, Cologne, Medtronic, Meerbusch and personal fees from BD Karlsruhe. − RL, JC, RF, FM, HN, WR, BS, RW, DA, CP have nothing to disclose.