title: Initial results of the National Registry of Incisional Hernia.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of this study was to the data from the National Registry of Incisional Hernia (EVEREG) to determine the reality of the treatment of this condition in Spain.
  
  
  METHODS
  EVEREG is an online prospective database which has been functioning since July 2012; operations for incisional hernia are anonymously recorded.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Up to March 2015, 4501 hernias from 95 of the 113 participating hospitals were registered. The mean age of the patients was 62.7, and 56.5% were women, with a mean BMI of 30.2kg/m2; 29.8% presented a high surgical risk (ASA III-V). A total of 93.7% were scheduled surgeries, 88.3% open surgery and 22.2% were recurrent incisional hernias. There were 66.9% hernias after a midline laparotomy, and 81.4% of a transverse diameter of less than 10cm. A mesh was used in 96.2% of cases. Postoperative stay was 5.3 days and 29.1% presented a complication, with a mortality of 0.8%. After a median follow-up of 7.7 months a high rate of recurrence was detected (20.7% per year), especially in hernias that were operated on after a previous repair (18.1% primary vs. 30.6% recurrent; P=.004).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the EVEREG registry is a useful tool to know the current situation of incisional hernia treatment. Analysis of the data shows several points that could be improved: a low rate of follow-up and high recurrence rate.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía General, Hospital Universitari del Mar, Barcelona, España; Departament de Ciències Experimentals i de la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, España. Electronic address: 86664@parcdesalutmar.cat.
authors.forename: José Antonio
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía General, Hospital Vall d'Hebrón, Barcelona, España; Departament de Cirurgia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: López-Cano
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hernández-Granados
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Igualada, Consorci Sanitari de l'Anoia, Igualada (Barcelona), España.
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Feliu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000069290:Incisional Hernia / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012042:Registries; D013030:Spain
keywords: Hernia incisional; Incisional hernia; Registros; Registry; Resultados; Results