Boston Hernia Quality Report – For patients taken care of in calendar year 2020
Total hernia surgery patients: 439
Hernias Repaired – 502
Total Umbilical/Epigastric hernia: 82
Total Inguinal hernia: 420 (including 54 patients who had bilateral hernia)
Total number of patients recorded in the AHSQC registry: Pending
Total number of hernia patients with 30 day post op outcomes recorded: Pending
Total number of inguinal hernia patients with 6 months outcomes: 288 for 2019-2020 and 116 for 2020 (report below shows 2 years worth of data)
Unplanned return to the OR – 2 of 439 (0.45%)
Wound infection: 2 of 439 (0.45%)
*Recurrence will be reported after 12 months, as 6 month recurrence rate is not an accurate measure
Quality of life graphs for Boston Hernia inguinal hernia n=288 in blue, n=2407 in green for entire AHSQC – see link here for more detailed information about EuraHS
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