Title	Publication Date	Language	Citations
International guidelines for groin hernia management	2018/01/12	English	1,129
European Hernia Society guidelines on the treatment of inguinal hernia in adult patients	2009/07/28	English	885
Classification of primary and incisional abdominal wall hernias	2009/06/03	English	711
Epidemiology and cost of ventral hernia repair: making the case for hernia research	2011/09/09	English	600
European Hernia Society guidelines on the closure of abdominal wall incisions	2015/01/25	English	370
International guidelines for prevention and management of post-operative chronic pain following inguinal hernia surgery	2011/03/02	English	255
The European hernia society groin hernia classication: simple and easy to remember	2007/03/13	English	241
Update with level 1 studies of the European Hernia Society guidelines on the treatment of inguinal hernia in adult patients	2014/03/20	English	220
European Hernia Society guidelines on prevention and treatment of parastomal hernias	2017/11/13	English	215
EuraHS: the development of an international online platform for registration and outcome measurement of ventral abdominal wall hernia repair	2012/04/18	English	182
Elasticity of the anterior abdominal wall and impact for reparation of incisional hernias using mesh implants	2001/09/01		182
Criteria for definition of a complex abdominal wall hernia	2013/10/23	English	178
Obesity is a risk factor for recurrence after incisional hernia repair	2004/02/01		165
Lichtenstein tension-free hernioplasty: Its inception, evolution, and principles	2004/02/01		161
Amyand’s hernia: a report of 18 consecutive patients over a 15-year period	2006/09/26	English	154
Design and implementation of the Americas Hernia Society Quality Collaborative (AHSQC): improving value in hernia care	2016/03/02	English	146
Causes, prevention, and surgical treatment of postherniorrhaphy neuropathic inguinodynia: Triple neurectomy with proximal end implantation	2004/07/29	English	146
A computerized tomography scan method for calculating the hernia sac and abdominal cavity volume in complex large incisional hernia with loss of domain	2009/09/12	English	145
Functional impairment and complaints following incisional hernia repair with different polypropylene meshes	2001/09/01		144
Laparoscopic ventral and incisional hernia repair: An 11-year experience	2003/09/20	English	143
Hernia repair: the search for ideal meshes	2009/12/11	English	139
Trocar site hernia after laparoscopic surgery: a qualitative systematic review	2010/12/09	English	133
European Hernia Society classification of parastomal hernias	2013/10/01	English	125
Laparoscopic incisional and ventral hernioplasty: lessons learned from 200 patients	2003/09/01		125
Amyand hernia: a classification to improve management	2008/01/24	English	121
Repair of large midline incisional hernias with polypropylene mesh: Comparison of three operative techniques	2003/10/28	English	119
Uncommon content in groin hernia sac	2005/09/20	English	118
Modified classification of surgical meshes for hernia repair based on the analyses of 1,000 explanted meshes	2012/05/05	English	117
Use of porcine small intestinal submucosa as a prosthetic device for laparoscopic repair of hernias in contaminated fields: 2-year follow-up	2004/02/26	English	117
Meta-analysis and systematic review of laparoscopic versus open mesh repair for elective incisional hernia	2015/02/04	English	115