Author response to: Comment on: Guidelines for treatment of umbilical and epigastric hernias from the European Hernia Society and Americas Hernia Society

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, Koege, Denmark.
² Department of Surgery, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden.

Comment

N A Henriksen et al. Br J Surg. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;107(7):e216.

doi: 10.1002/bjs.11576. Epub 2020 Apr 27.

¹ Department of Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, Koege, Denmark.
² Department of Surgery, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden.

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Comment on

Guidelines for treatment of umbilical and epigastric hernias from the European Hernia Society and Americas Hernia Society.
Henriksen NA, Montgomery A, Kaufmann R, Berrevoet F, East B, Fischer J, Hope W, Klassen D, Lorenz R, Renard Y, Garcia Urena MA, Simons MP; European and Americas Hernia Societies (EHS and AHS). Henriksen NA, et al. Br J Surg. 2020 Feb;107(3):171-190. doi: 10.1002/bjs.11489. Epub 2020 Jan 9. Br J Surg. 2020. PMID: 31916607 Review.
Comment on: Guidelines for treatment of umbilical and epigastric hernias from the European Hernia Society and American Hernia Society.
Shrestha BM. Shrestha BM. Br J Surg. 2020 Jun;107(7):e215. doi: 10.1002/bjs.11577. Epub 2020 Apr 27. Br J Surg. 2020. PMID: 32342489 No abstract available.

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