Adhering to current clinical guidance supports evidence-based assessment, informs decision-making, and helps reduce complications in patients with a hernia. Ongoing review of recommendations and guidance enables clinicians to improve evaluation and management, which supports better patient outcomes.
Today's rundown features clinical practice guidelines and guidance on hernia-focused topics from North American and international societies published within the past few years. The hernia guidance featured today includes recommendations on congenital diaphragmatic hernia, the surgical treatment of hiatal hernias, the surgical management of paraesophageal hernias, and more.
Hernia Guidelines and Clinical Guidance
- Postdischarge Follow-Up of Infants with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
- January 2026
- Surgical Treatment of Hiatal Hernias
- Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
- July 2024
- Surgical Management of Paraesophageal Hernias
- European Association of Endoscopic Surgery (EAES)
- November 2023
- Hernia
- American College of Radiology (ACR)
- November 2022
- Bariatric Surgery and Hernia Surgery
- American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
- July 2018
- Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair
- Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
- June 2016
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