{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,21]],"date-time":"2026-04-21T08:12:39Z","timestamp":1776759159727,"version":"3.51.2"},"reference-count":40,"publisher":"Elsevier BV","issue":"3","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2017,9,1]],"date-time":"2017-09-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1504224000000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/tdm\/userlicense\/1.0\/"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["surgjournal.com","clinicalkey.jp","clinicalkey.com","clinicalkey.es","clinicalkey.com.au","clinicalkey.fr","elsevier.com","sciencedirect.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["Surgery"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2017,9]]},"DOI":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,5,19]],"date-time":"2017-05-19T00:15:22Z","timestamp":1495152922000},"page":"628-639","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/elsevier_cm_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":46,"title":["Explaining variation in ventral and inguinal hernia repair outcomes: A population-based analysis"],"prefix":"10.1016","volume":"162","author":[{"given":"Christopher T.","family":"Aquina","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Fergal J.","family":"Fleming","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Adan Z.","family":"Becerra","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zhaomin","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Bradley J.","family":"Hensley","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Katia","family":"Noyes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"John R.T.","family":"Monson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Todd A.","family":"Jusko","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"78","reference":[{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"373","DOI":"10.4293\/108680812X13427982377067","article-title":"Ventral hernia repair: outcomes change with long-term follow-up","volume":"16","author":"Singhal","year":"2012","journal-title":"JSLS"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"251","DOI":"10.1007\/s10029-011-0796-y","article-title":"Is surgical repair of an asymptomatic groin hernia appropriate? A review","volume":"15","author":"van den Heuvel","year":"2011","journal-title":"Hernia"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"179","DOI":"10.1007\/s10029-011-0879-9","article-title":"Epidemiology and cost of ventral hernia repair: making the case for hernia research","volume":"16","author":"Poulose","year":"2012","journal-title":"Hernia"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1045","DOI":"10.1016\/S0039-6109(03)00132-4","article-title":"Demographic and socioeconomic aspects of hernia repair in the United States in 2003","volume":"83","author":"Rutkow","year":"2003","journal-title":"Surg Clin North Am"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1561","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(03)14746-0","article-title":"Hernias: inguinal and incisional","volume":"362","author":"Kingsnorth","year":"2003","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"408","DOI":"10.1097\/01.prs.0000436860.47774.eb","article-title":"A\u00a0patient-centered appraisal of outcomes following abdominal wall reconstruction: a systematic review of the current literature","volume":"133","author":"Sosin","year":"2014","journal-title":"Plast Reconstr Surg"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib7","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"392","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJM200008103430603","article-title":"A\u00a0comparison of suture repair with mesh repair for incisional hernia","volume":"343","author":"Luijendijk","year":"2000","journal-title":"N\u00a0Engl J Med"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib8","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1007\/s10029-007-0285-5","article-title":"Nationwide quality improvement of groin hernia repair from the Danish Hernia Database of 87,840 patients from 1998 to 2005","volume":"12","author":"Kehlet","year":"2008","journal-title":"Hernia"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib9","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"303","DOI":"10.1177\/1553350614552731","article-title":"Patient-related risk factors for recurrence after inguinal hernia repair: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies","volume":"22","author":"Burcharth","year":"2015","journal-title":"Surg Innov"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib10","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"217","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jamcollsurg.2012.10.013","article-title":"Nationwide prospective study of outcomes after elective incisional hernia repair","volume":"216","author":"Helgstrand","year":"2013","journal-title":"J\u00a0Am Coll Surg"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib11","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2117","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMsa035205","article-title":"Surgeon volume and operative mortality in the United States","volume":"349","author":"Birkmeyer","year":"2003","journal-title":"N\u00a0Engl J Med"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib12","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1128","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMsa012337","article-title":"Hospital volume and surgical mortality in the United States","volume":"346","author":"Birkmeyer","year":"2002","journal-title":"N\u00a0Engl J Med"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib13","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"736","DOI":"10.1016\/j.surg.2015.09.021","article-title":"High volume improves outcomes: the argument for centralization of rectal cancer surgery","volume":"159","author":"Aquina","year":"2016","journal-title":"Surgery"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib14","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"100","DOI":"10.1007\/s11605-014-2627-9","article-title":"Surgeon volume plays a significant role in outcomes and cost following open incisional hernia repair","volume":"19","author":"Aquina","year":"2015","journal-title":"J\u00a0Gastrointest Surg"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib15","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"736","DOI":"10.1016\/j.surg.2015.03.058","article-title":"The pitfalls of inguinal herniorrhaphy: surgeon volume matters","volume":"158","author":"Aquina","year":"2015","journal-title":"Surgery"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib16","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"629","DOI":"10.1097\/01.sla.0000089855.96280.4a","article-title":"Influence of surgical subspecialty training on in-hospital mortality for gastrectomy and colectomy patients","volume":"238","author":"Callahan","year":"2003","journal-title":"Ann Surg"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib17","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1927","DOI":"10.1007\/s11605-015-2903-3","article-title":"Significant variation in blood transfusion practice persists following upper GI cancer resection","volume":"19","author":"Aquina","year":"2015","journal-title":"J\u00a0Gastrointest Surg"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib18","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"224","DOI":"10.1097\/DCR.0000000000000529","article-title":"Risk factors for postdischarge venothromboembolism after colorectal resection","volume":"59","author":"Iannuzzi","year":"2016","journal-title":"Dis Colon Rectum"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib19","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"323","DOI":"10.1097\/DCR.0000000000000539","article-title":"High variability in nosocomial clostridium difficile infection rates across hospitals after colorectal resection","volume":"59","author":"Aquina","year":"2016","journal-title":"Dis Colon Rectum"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib20","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"127","DOI":"10.1097\/SLA.0000000000001389","article-title":"Missed opportunity: laparoscopic colorectal resection is associated with lower incidence of small bowel obstruction compared to an open approach","volume":"264","author":"Aquina","year":"2016","journal-title":"Ann Surg"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib21","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1130","DOI":"10.1097\/01.mlr.0000182534.19832.83","article-title":"Coding algorithms for defining comorbidities in ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 administrative data","volume":"43","author":"Quan","year":"2005","journal-title":"Med Care"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib22","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"411","DOI":"10.1097\/DCR.0000000000000588","article-title":"Large variation in blood transfusion use after colorectal resection: a call to action","volume":"59","author":"Aquina","year":"2016","journal-title":"Dis Colon Rectum"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib23","unstructured":"Gelman A, Hill J. Data analysis using regression and multilevel\/hierarchical models. Analytical methods for social research. p. 1 online resource (xxii, 625 pages)."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib24","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"290","DOI":"10.1136\/jech.2004.029454","article-title":"A\u00a0brief conceptual tutorial of multilevel analysis in social epidemiology: using measures of clustering in multilevel logistic regression to investigate contextual phenomena","volume":"60","author":"Merlo","year":"2006","journal-title":"J\u00a0Epidemiol Community Health"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib25","first-page":"CD002197","article-title":"Open mesh versus non-mesh for repair of femoral and inguinal hernia","author":"Scott","year":"2002","journal-title":"Cochrane Database Syst Rev"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib26","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"201","DOI":"10.1016\/j.amjsurg.2007.09.041","article-title":"Variation in mesh placement for ventral hernia repair: an opportunity for process improvement?","volume":"196","author":"Gray","year":"2008","journal-title":"Am J Surg"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib27","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"185","DOI":"10.1016\/j.surg.2010.07.001","article-title":"Hospital-level variability in incisional hernia repair technique affects patient outcomes","volume":"149","author":"Hawn","year":"2011","journal-title":"Surgery"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib28","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1185","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(87)92152-0","article-title":"Are hospital services rationed in New Haven or over-utilised in Boston?","volume":"1","author":"Wennberg","year":"1987","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib29","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3010","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.1988.03720200032029","article-title":"Watchful waiting vs immediate transurethral resection for symptomatic prostatism. The importance of patients' preferences","volume":"259","author":"Barry","year":"1988","journal-title":"JAMA"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib30","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"353","DOI":"10.1080\/110241598750004382","article-title":"The surgeon as a risk factor for complications of midline incisions","volume":"164","author":"Israelsson","year":"1998","journal-title":"Eur J Surg"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib31","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"917","DOI":"10.1016\/S0039-6060(98)70017-0","article-title":"Variation profiles of common surgical procedures","volume":"124","author":"Birkmeyer","year":"1998","journal-title":"Surgery"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib32","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"44","DOI":"10.1007\/s10029-002-0102-0","article-title":"Ventral hernia repair: a study of current practice","volume":"7","author":"Courtney","year":"2003","journal-title":"Hernia"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib33","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"259","DOI":"10.1007\/s10029-005-0331-0","article-title":"Surgeon perspectives on options for ventral abdominal wall hernia repair: results of a postal questionnaire","volume":"9","author":"Witherspoon","year":"2005","journal-title":"Hernia"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib34","first-page":"C4243","article-title":"Danish Hernia Database recommendations for the management of inguinal and femoral hernia in adults","volume":"58","author":"Rosenberg","year":"2011","journal-title":"Dan Med Bull"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib35","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1198","DOI":"10.1001\/archsurg.2011.268","article-title":"National register study of operating time and outcome in hernia repair","volume":"146","author":"van der Linden","year":"2011","journal-title":"Arch Surg"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib36","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"12","DOI":"10.1001\/archsurg.2010.302","article-title":"More recurrences after hernia mesh fixation with short-term absorbable sutures: a registry study of 82 015 Lichtenstein repairs","volume":"146","author":"Novik","year":"2011","journal-title":"Arch Surg"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib37","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"177","DOI":"10.1007\/s10029-016-1477-7","article-title":"Design and implementation of the Americas Hernia Society Quality Collaborative (AHSQC): improving value in hernia care","volume":"20","author":"Poulose","year":"2016","journal-title":"Hernia"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib38","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"979","DOI":"10.1016\/j.surg.2015.07.035","article-title":"Groin hernia repair, surgeon volume, and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs)","volume":"159","author":"Coomer","year":"2016","journal-title":"Surgery"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib39","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"980","DOI":"10.1016\/j.surg.2015.10.023","article-title":"Reply to: \u201cGroin hernia repair, surgeon volume and patient reported outcome measures (PROMs)\u201d","volume":"159","author":"Aquina","year":"2016","journal-title":"Surgery"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013_bib40","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"955","DOI":"10.1097\/SLA.0b013e318254f5b9","article-title":"Reoperation versus clinical recurrence rate after ventral hernia repair","volume":"256","author":"Helgstrand","year":"2012","journal-title":"Ann Surg"}],"container-title":["Surgery"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/api.elsevier.com\/content\/article\/PII:S0039606017302295?httpAccept=text\/xml","content-type":"text\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/api.elsevier.com\/content\/article\/PII:S0039606017302295?httpAccept=text\/plain","content-type":"text\/plain","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,28]],"date-time":"2022-07-28T18:31:17Z","timestamp":1659033077000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S0039606017302295"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2017,9]]},"references-count":40,"journal-issue":{"issue":"3","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2017,9]]}},"alternative-id":["S0039606017302295"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013","relation":{},"ISSN":["0039-6060"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0039-6060","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2017,9]]},"assertion":[{"value":"Elsevier","name":"publisher","label":"This article is maintained by"},{"value":"Explaining variation in ventral and inguinal hernia repair outcomes: A population-based analysis","name":"articletitle","label":"Article Title"},{"value":"Surgery","name":"journaltitle","label":"Journal Title"},{"value":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.surg.2017.03.013","name":"articlelink","label":"CrossRef DOI link to publisher maintained version"},{"value":"article","name":"content_type","label":"Content Type"},{"value":"\u00a9 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.","name":"copyright","label":"Copyright"}]}}