Preface to Guidelines: Laparoscopic treatment of ventral and incisional hernias by the International Endohernia Society (IEHS)
Preface to Guidelines: Laparoscopic treatment of ventral and incisional hernias by the International Endohernia Society (IEHS)
复制标题
DOI：
10.1007/s00464-013-3147-5
复制
发表时间：
2013
期刊：
影响因子：
--
通讯作者：
A. Cuschieri
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
A. Cuschieri
几个月前，R博士。Bittner，作为欧洲编辑，向我提出要求，外科内窥镜出版由国际内镜学会（IEHS）编写的“腹腔镜治疗腹股沟疝和切口疝指南”。我非常接受这一要求，原因有几个：（1）作者代表了最知名和最受尊敬的国际疝手术专家，（2）使用的方法是可靠的，为每个系统性综述征集了两名专家，他们被分配了一个特定的主题和相关的检索问题，（3）过程是透明的，最终在IEHS国际会议上举行的共识会议上得到了确认，所有参与者和国际观众都参加了会议。但有一个问题。这份文件过于详细和冗长，不适合在期刊上发表。因此，在与他的合著者协商后，Bittner博士同意将文件减少一半，同意仅在Surgical Endoscopy的在线版本中发表一些材料。删节版在几周内完成。作为编辑和客观的评审员，我认为结果非常好，因为现在指南文件更加集中，没有实质内容的损失，并且重复最少，这在包含几个系统性综述章节的多作者文件中是不可避免的。指南的第一部分发表在本期的《外科内窥镜》上，第二部分和第三部分将在下一期中发表。这三个部分构成了一个突出的开创性帐户的证据为基础的腹腔镜治疗腹壁和切口疝。我相信，这些指南将成为一份开创性的文件，不仅适用于执业外科医生，而且适用于医院管理人员和卫生技术专家。我祝贺IEHS，特别是Reinhard Bittner博士，完成了这项开创性的工作。我可以证明，他的同事们给他发了许多感谢的电子邮件（并抄送给我），感谢他实现了他们认为几乎不可能实现的目标。
Several months ago Dr. R. Bittner, as the European Editor, approached me with the request that Surgical Endoscopy publish the ‘‘Guidelines on the Laparoscopic Treatment of Ventral and Incisional Hernia’’that was prepared by the International Endohernia Society (IEHS). I was quite receptive to this request for several cogent reasons:(1) the authorship represents the best known and respected international experts on hernia surgery,(2) the methodology used was solid, soliciting two experts who were assigned a specific topic with related search questions for each of the systematic reviews, and (3) the process had been transparent, culminating in confirmation by a consensus conference held at an international meeting of the IEHS involving all participants together with the international audience. There was a problem, however. The document was far too detailed and lengthy for journal publication. Therefore, after consultation with his coauthors, Dr. Bittner agreed to reduce the document by half, agreeing to publication of some of the material only in the online version ofSurgical Endoscopy. The abridged version was completed in a few weeks. As editor and objective reviewer, I consider the result to be excellent as now the guidelines document is more focused without loss of substance and with minimal repetition, which is inevitable in a multi-author document containing several systematic review chapters. Part I of the guidelines is published in the current issue of Surgical Endoscopy and parts II and III will follow in the next issue. All three parts constitute an outstanding seminal account of evidence-based laparoscopic treatment of ventral and incisional hernia. The guidelines will, I am sure, serve as a ground-breaking document, not just for practicing surgeons, but also for hospital administrators and health technology experts. I congratulate the IEHS, and especially Dr. Reinhard Bittner, for producing this seminal work. I can testify to the many complimentary e-mails of thanks sent to him (and copied to me) from his fellow authors for achieving what they considered an almost impossible goal.