The case for a new post-graduate hernia designation: a review of fellowship council case logs from the past twelve-years.
Madhuri B NagarajAdnan AlseidiAjita S PrabhuJacob A GreenbergMichael M AwadJoshua J WeisDaniel J ScottPublished in: Surgical endoscopy (2022)
This twelve-year analysis shows a near doubling in the growth of total hernia repairs, with a decrease in laparoscopic repairs as robotic repairs increased. These data show the importance of hernia repairs in FC fellows' training and warrant further granular analysis to determine specific accreditation criteria for hernia fellowship designations.