European Hernia Society (EHS) guidance for the management of adult patients with a hernia during the COVID-19 pandemic

C Stabilini¹, B East^{2

3}, R Fortelny⁴, J-F Gillion⁵, R Lorenz⁶, A Montgomery⁷, S Morales-Conde^{8

9}, F Muysoms¹⁰, M Pawlak¹¹, W Reinpold¹², M Simons¹³, A C de Beaux¹⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Genoa, Policlinico San Martino, Largo R. Benzi 8, 16132, Genoa, Italy. cesarestabil@hotmail.com.
² 3rd Department of Surgery at 1st Faculty of Medicine at Charles University, Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.
³ 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
⁴ Department of General, Visceral and Oncologic Surgery, Wilhelminenspital, Vienna, Austria.
⁵ Hôpital Privé d'Antony, 1 rue Velpeau, 92160, Antony, France.
⁶ Hernia Center, CHIRURGEN 3+, Berlin, Germany.
⁷ Department of Surgery, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden.
⁸ Unit of Innovation in Minimally Invasive Surgery, University Hospital Virgen del Rocio, University of Sevilla, Seville, Spain.
⁹ Unit of General and Digestive Surgery, Hospital Quironsalud Sagrado Corazón (Sevilla), Seville, Spain.
¹⁰ Department of Surgery, Maria Middelares Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
¹¹ Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust, Barnstaple, UK.
¹² Department of Surgery, Wilhelmsburger Hospital Gross Sand, Academic Teaching Hospital of University Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
¹³ Department of Surgery, OLVG Hospital, Oosterpark 9, 1091 AC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
¹⁴ Department of General Surgery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.

C Stabilini et al. Hernia. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct;24(5):977-983.

doi: 10.1007/s10029-020-02212-8. Epub 2020 May 15.

C Stabilini¹, B East^{2

3}, R Fortelny⁴, J-F Gillion⁵, R Lorenz⁶, A Montgomery⁷, S Morales-Conde^{8

9}, F Muysoms¹⁰, M Pawlak¹¹, W Reinpold¹², M Simons¹³, A C de Beaux¹⁴

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Genoa, Policlinico San Martino, Largo R. Benzi 8, 16132, Genoa, Italy. cesarestabil@hotmail.com.
² 3rd Department of Surgery at 1st Faculty of Medicine at Charles University, Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.
³ 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
⁴ Department of General, Visceral and Oncologic Surgery, Wilhelminenspital, Vienna, Austria.
⁵ Hôpital Privé d'Antony, 1 rue Velpeau, 92160, Antony, France.
⁶ Hernia Center, CHIRURGEN 3+, Berlin, Germany.
⁷ Department of Surgery, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden.
⁸ Unit of Innovation in Minimally Invasive Surgery, University Hospital Virgen del Rocio, University of Sevilla, Seville, Spain.
⁹ Unit of General and Digestive Surgery, Hospital Quironsalud Sagrado Corazón (Sevilla), Seville, Spain.
¹⁰ Department of Surgery, Maria Middelares Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
¹¹ Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust, Barnstaple, UK.
¹² Department of Surgery, Wilhelmsburger Hospital Gross Sand, Academic Teaching Hospital of University Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
¹³ Department of Surgery, OLVG Hospital, Oosterpark 9, 1091 AC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
¹⁴ Department of General Surgery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.

Erratum in

Correction to: European Hernia Society (EHS) guidance for the management of adult patients with a hernia during the COVID‑19 pandemic.
Stabilini C, East B, Fortelny R, Gillion JF, Lorenz R, Montgomery A, Morales-Conde S, Muysoms F, Pawlak M, Reinpold W, Simons M, de Beaux AC. Stabilini C, et al. Hernia. 2020 Oct;24(5):1151. doi: 10.1007/s10029-020-02223-5. Hernia. 2020. PMID: 32447532 Free PMC article.

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None of the authors has competing interests with the present document.

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