title: Surgical registries: Effective, but how to pay for them?: Comment on "More recurrences after hernia mesh fixation with short-term absorbable sutures".
authors.affiliation: Center for Surgical, Medical Acute Care Research and Transitions, Birmingham Veterans Administration Hospital, Alabama, USA. mhawn@uab.edu
authors.forename: Mary T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Hawn
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence; D012042:Registries / Q000592:standards; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D013537:Sutures; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States