Consensus in Surgical Community for Asymptomatic Abdominal Wall and Incisional Hernias

Completed

Conditions: Study of Practices of Surgeons on Surgical Management of Asymptomatic Hernias
Comparison With International Recommendations

Brief Summary: Hernia pathology is one of the leading causes of surgery worldwide. For asymptomatic patients, surgery remains questionable. Although there are new European recommendations, the practice of digestive surgeons regarding the management of asymptomatic hernias is unknown. The objective of this study was to evaluate the practices of a large population of digestive surgeons with asymptomatic hernia.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

Exclusion Criteria

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
french-speaking digestive surgeons	Observation study	french-speaking digestive surgeons are visceral and digestive surgeons that have a general surgical activity too. They can have or not an expertise on hernia pathology. They are questioned by survey on decisions about different patient asymptomatic hernia clinical situations.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
number and type of clinical cases for which a consensus, defined by an arbitrary value of 75% of surgeons with the same therapeutic attitude	The outcome measure is evaluated after 6 months during which the survey is online (from october 2016 to march 2017), time during which surgeons had access to answer it	The survey consists of general questions about the surgeons' activity and then 13 clinical situations where a decision is requested. The clinical cases are developed by the authors of the study in order to solve the frequent problems with the treatment of hernias and incisional hernias

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method

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