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Laparoscopic treatment of ventral hernias: the Italian national guidelines

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UPDATES IN SURGERY
Volume 75, Issue 5, Pages 1305-1336

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SPRINGER-VERLAG ITALIA SRL
DOI: 10.1007/s13304-023-01534-3

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Italian Guidelines; Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair; Minimally invasive ventral hernia repair

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The Italian Society for Endoscopic Surgery (SICE) developed new guidelines on laparoscopic treatment of ventral hernias, which were accepted by the government agency and published on the SNLG website. The guidelines are based on extensive literature review and the rigorous GRADE method. However, they have limitations due to the rapidly evolving nature of the topic and their focus on minimally invasive techniques.
Primary and incisional ventral hernias are significant public health issues for their prevalence, variability of professional practices, and high costs associated with the treatment In 2019, the Board of Directors of the Italian Society for Endoscopic Surgery (SICE) promoted the development of new guidelines on the laparoscopic treatment of ventral hernias, according to the new national regulation. In 2022, the guideline was accepted by the government agency, and it was published, in Italian, on the SNLG website. Here, we report the adopted methodology and the guideline's recommendations, as established in its diffusion policy. This guideline is produced according to the methodology indicated by the SNGL and applying the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluations (GRADE) methodology. Fifteen recommendations were produced as a result of 4 PICO questions. The level of recommendation was conditional for 12 of them and conditional to moderate for one. This guideline's strengths include relying on an extensive systematic review of the literature and applying a rigorous GRADE method. It also has several limitations. The literature on the topic is continuously and rapidly evolving; our results are based on findings that need constant re-appraisal. It is focused only on minimally invasive techniques and cannot consider broader issues (e.g., diagnostics, indication for surgery, pre-habilitation).

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