The Danish Inguinal Hernia database

Figures & data

Table 1 Data variables entered to Inguinal Hernia Database (January 1, 2015)

General	Anesthesia	Hernia characteristics	Procedure	Nerve identification
Date	Spinal	Right–left	Type of open repair	Identification of nerves
	Epidural	Size (EHS, 1–3 fingers)
Hospital	Local alone	Primary – recurrent	Type of endoscopic repair
		Number of recurrences
Surgeon	General	Direct–indirect	Type of mesh
		Pantaloon–sliding	Type of mesh fixation
Ambulatory		Femoral
Nonambulatory		Combination femoral-groin and other types of inguinal hernia
Elective/emergency

Notes: EHS (European Hernia Classification of defect size and type of hernia: 1, one finger; 2, two fingers; 3, three fingers or more and type of hernia: M, medial; L, lateral; F, femoral; O, other).

Abbreviation: EHS, European Hernia Society.