Society guideline links: Ventral hernia

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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International

●International classification of abdominal wall planes (ICAP) to describe mesh insertion for ventral hernia repair (2019)

●International Endohernia Society (IEHS): Guidelines for laparoscopic treatment of ventral and incisional abdominal wall hernias, update—Part A (2019)

●IEHS: Guidelines for laparoscopic treatment of ventral and incisional abdominal wall hernias, update—Part B (2019)

●World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES): Guidelines for emergency repair of complicated abdominal wall hernias, update (2017)

United States

●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria on hernia (2022)

●European Hernia Society (EHS) and Americas Hernia Society (AHS): Guidelines for treatment of primary ventral hernias in rare locations or special circumstances (2020)

●EHS and AHS: Guidelines for treatment of umbilical and epigastric hernias (2020)

●American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) and AHS consensus guideline on bariatric surgery and hernia surgery (2018)

●Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES): Guidelines for laparoscopic ventral hernia repair (2016)

Europe