What defines an incisional hernia as ‘complex’: results from a Delphi consensus endorsed by the European Hernia Society (EHS)

Journal Article What defines an incisional hernia as ‘complex’: results from a Delphi consensus endorsed by the European Hernia Society (EHS) Get access Sara Capoccia Giovannini, Sara Capoccia Giovannini Department of Integrated Surgical and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Genoa, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy Correspondence to: Sara Capoccia Giovannini, Department of Integrated Surgical and Diagnostic Sciences, Viale Benedetto XV, 6, 16139 Genova, Italy (e-mail: scapocciagiovannini@gmail.com) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3959-0349 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Mauro Podda, Mauro Podda Department of Surgical Science, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9941-0883 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sonia Ribas, Sonia Ribas Department of General Surgery, Centro Hospitalar Póvoa de Varzim-Vila do Conde, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Giulia Montori, Giulia Montori General Surgery Department, Azienda ULSS2 ‘Trevigiana’, Hospital Vittorio Veneto, Treviso, Italy Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Emanuele Botteri, Emanuele Botteri Department of General Surgery, ASST Spedali Civili Brescia PO, Montichiari, Brescia, Italy Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Ferdinando Agresta, Ferdinando Agresta General Surgery Department, Azienda ULSS2 ‘Trevigiana’, Hospital Vittorio Veneto, Treviso, Italy Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Alberto Sartori, Alberto Sartori Department of General Surgery, San Valentino Hospital, Montebelluna, Treviso, Italy Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Hana Chàrvàtova, Hana Chàrvàtova Faculty of Applied Informatics, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Zlín, Czech Republic Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Alberto Aiolfi, Alberto Aiolfi Department of General Surgery, RCCS Ospedale Galeazzi-Sant’Ambrogio, University of Milan, Milan, Italy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7764-6075 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Stavros A Antoniou, Stavros A Antoniou Department of Surgery, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4630-6748 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar ... 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