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Ă–sterreichische Herniengesellschaft (Ă–HG)
2021
PD Dr. Gernot Köhler
Dr. Rudolf Schrittwieser (past president), PD Dr. Franz Mayer (secretary), Prof. Dr. René Fortelny (honorary member), Dr. Nikolaus Hartig (Vice president)
Best possible care for patients with hernias, scientific and educational activities, conference organization.
Austrian Hernie Days in Salzburg 21-22.03.2024Â
Belgian Society for Abdominal Wall Surgery
Members: 266 abdominal surgeons (member of the RBSS)
2001
a. Principal
The Section aims to improve the quality of the surgery of the entire abdominal wall in Belgium. The Section aims to represent surgeons from Belgium with a specific interest in abdominal wall surgery.
Members of the Board will be delegated to establish and maintain relations with Belgian, European or other national and international organisations, societies, and councils.
b. Scientific objectives.
The scientific objectives of the Section are to improve knowledge of abdominal wall surgery in Belgium.
Scientific meetings and workshops will be organised either for all members or for working groups. Scientific meetings of the Section will be organised in the context of the scientific program of the Belgian Royal Society for Surgery, including the Belgian Week of Surgery.
The Section will organise and support clinical or experimental studies in the field of abdominal wall surgery, following the rules specified in the appendix.
All scientific projects organised in the name of the Section and their results must be submitted to and approved by the scientific committee, before national or international presentation or publication.
Any Ordinary member can submit a scientific project to the board of the Section. The rules in the appendix have to be respected, as well as for publications or presentations of a study project in name of the Section.
c. Extra-scientific objectives
Improved quality of abdominal wall surgery will be based on increasing knowledge and skills as well as on continuous survey and audit of training and practice.
The Section will make efforts to improve training in abdominal wall surgery and to develop evidence-based guidelines.
The Section will contribute to the survey (audit) of abdominal wall surgery in Belgium. These efforts will be performed in close collaboration with all councils, boards, and governmental organisations already involved or having information.
Yearly Belgian Hernia Day
Yearly Hernia Cadaver Labs for trainees
Scientific research and studies (Unite study NCT04437043; Belgian Hernia Database,…)
Our aim is to promote safe, effective and high quality hernia surgery throughout the U.K, with a new UK Hernia registry to be launched in 2023.
Promote hernia as a specialty in the UK, provide grants for young enterprise, encourage research in the field of hernia surgery, contribute to science and education through collaboration with EHS and wider Hernia fraternity.
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CapĂtulo Parede Abdominal – GREPA – Sociedade Portuguesa de Cirurgia
1977
Members:Â 1200
CapĂtulo Parede Abdominal – GREPA – Coordinator- Carlos MagalhĂŁes – Porto – Filipe Guerra – Faro – JĂşlio Marques – Viseu – Eva Barbosa – Matosinhos – Ana AndrĂ© – SetĂşbal
CapĂtulo Parede Abdominal – GREPA is a chapter that is related with the board of Sociedade Portugesa de Cirurgia, in Portugal.
Portuguese Surgery Society includes almost all general surgeons in Portugal and is responsible for the development of General Surgery , promoting several activities all over the year.
The National Chapter of Abdominal Wall (GREPA – Grupo Estudos Parede Abdominal) is promoting the best practices in abdominal wall surgery.
Our main activities:
Chapitre Français de l’EHS-GREPA
2006
Members:Â
CapĂtulo Parede Abdominal – GREPA – Coordinator- Carlos MagalhĂŁes – Porto – Filipe Guerra – Faro – JĂşlio Marques – Viseu – Eva Barbosa – Matosinhos – Ana AndrĂ© – SetĂşbal
Our main activities:
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Czech Hernia Society / Česká Herniologická Společnost
Members:Â 79 NM + 4 EHS
The Czech Hernia Society was established by a group of surgeons, who are interested in herniology and abdominal wall surgery. The main goal is to present the hernia surgery as a specialized brach of general surgery. The society collects suregons, who would like to treat and operate hernias and abdominal wall deefects according to the actual knowledge and guidelines published by the EHS.
The CHS started the Hernia Basic project as a school project, mostly for young surgeons. The main goal is to teach residents the advanced anatomy and physiology of abdominal wall and the standardized techniques, how to operate umbilical, inguinal and mid-line hernias.
Our main activities:
The 6th Czech Hernia Conference will be held in NH Collection Hotel Olomouc and The Prostejov Hospital on the 12th – 13th of November 2020
The main activities of The Czech Hernia Society are now the preparations for the 6th Czech Hernia Conference, whitch will be associated with next Hernia Basic course.
The society also supports several single-topic workshops regarding hernia surgery.
The organizers of Hernia Basic are preparing advanced course, concerning advanced techniques and treatment of recurent, giant and complicated hernias.
The society participates on preparations of the 2023 EHS annual meeting that will be held in Prague.
Danish Hernia Database – Dansk Herniedatabase
2003
Members:Â
Vice presidents: Nadia Henriksen & Thorbjørn Sommer
Board:Â Jacob Rosenberg, Kristoffer Andresen, Allan Dorfelt, Nina Wensel, Mette Willaume, Marianne Krogsgaard, Lene Pejtersen, Marie Kirk Christensen.
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Our main activities: Monitor and secure complete national data in the Danish Hernia Database, perform and publish research based on the data from the Database, provide feedback to Danish surgeons regarding quality of hernia surgery in Denmark, monitor new trends and techniques and compare results with previous ones.
14-06-23: The Official Annual Meeting of The Danish Hernia Database.
2001
Members: 110
Maarten Simons, Theo Aufenacker, Tammo de Vries Reilingh, Marijn Poelman, Ine Burgmans, Rudi Roumen, Johan Lange, Bob Bloemendaal, Leonard Kroese, Joris Harlaar, Marja Boermeester
Improve quality of care of all Abdominal Wall hernia patients by bringing Dutch surgeons together.
Our main activities:
January 2022
Registry development and implementation, Quality projects, Research, Robot development, Education.
Finnish Hernia Society – Suomen Herniayhdistys
2017
Anu Välikangas (secretary), Tom Scheinin, Tanja Hulmi, Matti Hämäläinen, Henrik Husu, Anne MattilaÂ
To improve hernia surgery in Finland trough learning and research
Our main activities:
German Hernia Society – Deutsche Herniengesellschaft
2002
Members:Â 1043 (*01.03.2020)
Dr. Ralph Lorenz (Berlin), PD Dr. Joachim Conze (Munich), Dr. Andreas Kuthe (Hannover), Dr. Wolfgang Reinpold (Hamburg ), Dr. Bernd Stechemesser (Cologne)
The German Hernia Society is a society for interested and dedicated hernia surgeons.                   Â
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The German Hernia Society is part of an international network.
Our main activities:
Hellenic Hernia Association
Members:Â 124
To improve on the quality of care of patients with a hernia in Greece through education, research and policy work
Our main activities:
Hellenic Hernia Days 2024 23-25 Febrouary 2024
Hernia Interest Group South Africa
2014
Members:Â
Our main activities:
Hungarian Work Group for Abdominal Wall Surgery
2005
Members:Â
Our main activities:
Italian Society of Hernia and Abdominal Wall Surgery
2004
Members:Â
Giuseppe Cavallaro – Secretary / Executive Board, Francesco Fontanazza – Executive Board, Christian Galatioto – Executive Board, Francesco Gossetti – Executive Board, Andrea Manetti – Executive Board, Carlo Sagnelli – Executive Board, Giorgio Soliani – Treasurer / Executive Board, Cesare Stabilni – National Delegate, Francesco Vittore – Executive Board
Our main activities:
Polish Hernia Club
1999
Members:Â
Our main activities:
SecciĂłn Pared Abdominal
1996
Members: National:Â 702 – Members: 74
JosĂ© Antonio Pereira (Secretary), Pilar Hernández, JesĂşs Merello, Luis Alberto Blazquez, Antonio Nieto, Pedro Trillo, JosĂ© Bueno, Rosa Ana GarcĂa, Juan Manuel Suárez Grau
Our Goal is the better treatment of our patients through:
Our main activities:
November 11th-13th, 2020 Spanish National Meeting (Madrid)
May 2021, Spanish Abdominal Wall Chapter Congress (Madrid)
Courses in abdominal wall closure, minimal invasive surgery, complex abdominal wall surgery
Promotion and maintenance of the Spanish Register of Abdominal Wall Surgery (EVEREG) (Incisional, inguinal, prevention). Patient centred research.
Serbian Hernia Society
2001
Members:Â
Our main activities:
Herniološko Združenje Slovenije
2004
Members:Â 70
Promoting high Quality hernia Surgery in Slovenia
Our main activities:
November 2023
Kongress preparation (Guest Filip Muysoms)
Swedish Association of Innovative Surgical Technology
2004
Members:Â Members of the Swedish Association for Innovative Surgical Technology: 263 ; EHS Members: 16
The Swedish Association for Innovative Surgical Technology supports research, education and development in the fields of endoscopic surgery and hernia surgery, with the following goals:
Our main activities:
The Swedish Association for Innovative Surgical Technology is a national society that promotes issues on education, research and development in relation to abdominal wall surgery and endoscopic techniques. The Swedish National Chapter of the European Hernia Society is organised under The Swedish Association for Innovative Surgical Technology.
The Swedish Association for Innovative Surgical Technology supports the Swedish Hernia Register, which was started in 1994 and has a national coverage since more than twenty years. A national register for ventral hernia repairs is also under development.
The Swedish Association for Innovative Surgical Technology organises courses in hernia surgery.
National guidelines on the management of hernias and diastasis of the rectus abdominal muscles have been published by the Swedish Association for Innovative Surgical Technology
Swiss Association for Hernia Surgery
2018
Members:Â 58
Vice President: Dr.med. MSc MBA FPLS Walter Brunner (St. Gallen) – General Secretary: Dr. med. Rolf Hunkeler (ZĂĽrich) – Treasurer: Dr. med. Marc Olivier Sauvain (Lausanne) – Secretary for Foreign Affairs: Prof. Dr. med. Ulrich Dietz (Olten) – Secretary for Congresses: PD Dr. med. Henry Hoffmann / PD Dr. med. Philipp Kirchhoff (Basel)
The Swiss Association for Hernia Surgery is a society for interested and dedicated hernia surgeons.
Main Goal is a better treatment of our patients with:
The Swiss Association for Hernia Surgery is part of an international network.
Ziel:
Die SAHC/ASCH – Schweizerische Arbeitsgruppe fĂĽr Hernienchirurgie versteht sich als Fachgesellschaft interessierter und engagierter Hernienchirurgen.
Ziel ist eine bessere Behandlung unserer Patienten durch:
Die Schweizerische Arbeitsgruppe fĂĽr Hernienchirurgie versteht sich als Teil eines internationalen Netzwerks.
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–Â Â Â September 08th 2021, Cadaver Workshop Basel, https://swissherniadays.com/cadaver-workshop-2021/
–Â Â Â September 9th, 10th 2021, Swiss Hernia Days Basel, https://swissherniadays.com/
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Nächste Veranstaltungen/Kongresse:
–Â Â Â 08.0.2021 Cadaver Workshop Basel, https://swissherniadays.com/cadaver-workshop-2021/
–Â Â Â 09./10.09.2021, Swiss Hernia Days Basel, https://swissherniadays.com/
Turkish Hernia Society
Members:Â National: 125 Members: 15
Prof. Nuri Gönüllü, MD; Prof. Zafer Malazgirt, MD; Prof. Metin Ertem, MD; Hakan Gök, MD
Dr. Hakan Gök – fitikdernegi@gmail.comÂ
Turkish Hernia Society aims to create a high level of expertise among surgeons regarding the treatment of inguinal, abdominal wall and intraabdominal hernias. To reach to this goal Turkish Hernia Society, itself, seeks for the ever-improving science of herniology, ands disseminates the knowledge throughout surgeons by means of close interaction.
In this COVID-19 Pandemic era, we switched to webinars instead of meetings or congresses. We organized two webinars in June 2020. The next one is to be announced for early 2021.
Our most efficient two activities have always been the Hernia Day meetings and Hernia School get-togethers which took place in various parts of the country with attendance of local surgeons. Â During these meetings we broadcast live surgery to the audience. We plan to restart these activities at the places utilizing from-the-distance facilities.Â
Ukranian Hernia Society
2003
Members: 460
Our aim is to promote safe, effective and high quality hernia surgery throughout the Ukraine.
Our main activities:
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Nordre Fasanvej 113, 1.
2000 Frederiksberg
Denmark
T: +45 70 20 03 05
info@europeanherniasociety.eu
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