Schwab, R.
Dietz, U. A.
Menzel, S.
Wiegering, A.
Article History
Received: 3 September 2018
Accepted: 25 October 2018
First Online: 1 November 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: UD is a member of the board of EuraHS (European Registry of Abdominal Wall Hernias), a project under the auspices of the European Hernia Society. SM is finishing her PhD thesis on validation of a data warehouse software, checking data on incisional hernia and using case-matched EuraHS files as reference standard. RS has nothing to disclose. AW has nothing to disclose.
: Approval from the institutional review board was not required for this letter to the editors.
: This article is a review article in form of a letter to the editors. Studies with human participants or animals were not performed for the purpose of this article.
: For this type of study formal consent is not required.