National Open Abdomen Audit (NOAA) NOAA is 12-month audit of the current management and outcomes in patients with open abdomens across the UK. Comparison of UK with European practice suggests we may not be managing these patients well with mortality in UK 30% (vs EU 22%) and morbidity from fistulation at 12 (EU 3%). There …
The British Hernia Society is delighted to partner with the RCS Edinburgh Surgical Specialty Board in General Surgery in our first ‘Hernia Masterclass Webinar Series’ focussing on the state-of-the-art management of hernias. This series has been carefully designed to take the participants through essential aspects of hernia management covering anatomy, surgical strategies, operative techniques and …
Travel awards 2019 Travel grants 2019 to attend EHS Hamburg 1. Sujay Shah, University College in London 2. Jola Olugbemi, West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds 3. Nader Habib Bedwani, King George Hospital, Ilford 4. James Pilkington, Manchester University Foundation Trust BHS Research awards 2019 A Sayers National collaboration (Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS FT as lead …
British Hernia Society 2021 Research Awards Winners Following the our advertisement via website and the newsletters, we had a very successful round of research applicants for the BHS research award. They were all of an excellent calibre; the board decided to award grants to three applications as listed below. It’s always difficult to choose, more …
A National Survey of Hernia Services and Surgeons: Review of Current Practices Within the UK in association with the British Hernia Society Dear BHS member, In 2017, The European Hernia Society (EHS) appointed a working group comprised of 18 hernia experts from across Europe and published guidance for hernia centre and surgeon accreditation. This was …
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I would like to first of all thank the society for bestowing upon me this great honour to become the 6th President of the BHS since it was founded in 2003. It is important to recognise the contribution made by my predecessor Mr Liam Horgan under whose Presidency we have seen an increase in board …
British Hernia Society The British Hernia Society was created in 2003 by a group of surgeons with an interest in hernia surgery. At that time our main objective was to re-establish British hernia surgery in the forefront of this specialty through a programme of innovative meetings and workshops in collaboration with industry. With the exponential …
