Recommendations on postoperative strain and physical labor after abdominal and hernia surgery: an expert survey of attendants of the 41st EHS Annual International Congress of the European Hernia Society.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are no valid recommendations or reliable guidelines available to guide patients how long they should refrain from lifting weights or returning to heavy physical labor after abdominal or hernia surgery. Recent studies found that surgeons' recommendations not to be evidence-based and might be too restrictive considering data on fascial healing and incisional hernia development. It is likely that this impairs the patient's quality of life and leads to remarkable socio-economic costs. Hence, we conducted this survey to gather international expert's opinions on this topic.

Materials and methods

At the 41st Annual International Congress of the EHS, attending international experts were asked to complete a questionnaire concerning recommendations on given proposals

SUBMITTER: Schaaf S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9200870 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature