Hernia was founded in 1997 by Jean P. Chevrel with the purpose of promoting clinical studies and basic research as they apply to groin hernias and the abdominal wall . Since that time, a true revolution in the field of hernia studies has transformed the field from a ”simple” disease to one that is very specialized.   While the majority of surgeries for primary inguinal and abdominal wall hernia are performed in hospitals worldwide, complex situations such as multi recurrences, complications,  abdominal wall reconstructions and others are being studied and treated in specialist centers.  As a result, major institutions and societies are creating specific parameters and criteria to better address the complexities of hernia surgery. 

Hernia is a journal written by surgeons who have made abdominal wall surgery their specific field of interest, but we will consider publishing content from any surgeon who wishes to improve the science of this field.  The Journal aims to ensure that hernia surgery is safer and easier for surgeons as well as patients, and provides a forum to all surgeons in the exchange of new ideas, results, and important research that is the basis of professional activity.

Hernia is a rigorously peer reviewed journal that regularly publishes specific topical issues and collections in addition to original articles, and is affiliated with the European Hernia Society (EHS), with the Asia-Pacific Hernia Society (APHS), and with the American Hernia Society (AHS).

Editor-in-Chief
Giampiero Campanelli, Italy
Founding Editor
Jean Paul Chevrel†, France

Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
Volker Schumpelick, Germany
Associate Editors
Jie Chen, China
Diego Cuccurullo, Italy
Namir Katkhouda, USA
Davide Lomanto, Singapore
Rachid Sani, Niger
Managing Editor
Silvia Malosio, Italy
Section Editors
Collagen Etiology and Basic Science
Jose Macario V. Faylona, Philippines
A. Gerson, USA
Complex ventral and pain
David Krpata, USA
Complications
Pier Luigi Ipponi, Italy
Emergency
Fausto Catena, Italy
Rifat Latifi, USA
Epidemiology and Economics
Dana Telem, USA
Sarder Nayeem, Bangladesh
Groin Hernia
Chebbi Faouzi, Tunisia
Alexander Petter-Puchner, Austria
Changfu Qin, China
Ashkan Moazzez, USA
Laparoscopy
Ricardo Zugaib Abdalla, Brazil
Elie Chelala, Lebanon
Laparoscopy and Robotics
James G. Bittner, USA
Mesh Science
Gaetan Brochu, Canada
Cesare Stabilini, Italy
Open Abdomen
Alfred Allen Buenafe, Philippines
Open Abdomen and Rare Cases
Osvaldo Chiara, Italy
Open Surgery
Ibrahima Konaté, Senegal
Other Hernia
Karl A. LeBlanc, USA
Anil Sharma, India
Pain and Quality of Life
James R. deBord, USA
Sathien Tumtavitikul, Thailand
Plastic Surgery
Gregory Dumanian, USA
David Ross, UK
Pubic Inguinal Pain Syndrome (PIPS) and Sports Hernia
Melih S.Paksoy, Turkey
Aali Sheen, UK
Quality
Aijta Prabhu, USA
Quality Control
Benjamin K. Poulose, USA
George P. Yang, Hong Kong
Quality Control and Registry
Ferdinand Köckerling, Germany
Science and Research
Juan Manuel Bellón Caneiro, Spain
Gemma Pascual, Spain
Techniques/Teaching/Training
Suthep Udomsawaengsup, Thailand
Ventral Hernia
Vedra Augenstein, USA
Ventral/Incisional Hernia
Frederik Berrevoet, Belgium
Pradeep Chowbey, India
Miguel Ángel García Ureña, Spain
International Advisory Board
Alberto Aiolfi, Italy
Jean-Henri Alexandre, France
Raad AlMehdi, Oman
Parviz K. Amid, USA
Robert Bendavid, Canada
Rheinardt Bittner, Germany
Marja Boermeester, The Netherlands
Davide Bona, Italy
Gianluca Bonitta, Italy
Andrew Bowker, New Zealand
Umberto Bracale, Italy
Piero Giovanni Bruni, Italy
Charles E. Butler, USA
Giuseppe Cavallaro, Italy
Marta Cavalli, Italy
David Chen, USA
Henry C. Chua, Philippines
Francesco Corcione, Italy
Salvatore Docimo, USA
Don Ejercito, Philippines
Metin Ertem, Turkey
Joe Fan, Hong Kong
René Fortelny, Austria
Ezio Gianetta, Italy
Arthur Gilbert, USA
Jean-François Gillion, France
Dalila Greco, Italy
Rolf Hartung, Dubai, UEA
William W. Hope, USA
Brian P. Jacob, USA
Andreas Koch, Germany
Jan F. Kukleta, Switzerland
Hakan Kulacoglu, Turkey
Martin Kurzer, UK
Ralph Lorenz, Germany
Jérome Loriau, France
Tommaso Lubrano, Italy
Daniele Maggiore, Switzerland
Zafer Malazgirt, Turkey
Vincenzo Mandalà, Italy
Giancarlo Micheletto, Italy
Mahdi Jasim Moosa, Iraq
John Morrison, Canada
Maurice Y. Nahabedian, USA
Paolo Negro, Italy
Dennis Ng, Hong Kong
Enrico Nicolo, USA
Justino Obama Nve, Equatorial Guinea
Alexander Oettinger, Russia
Raymond Andrew Ong, Philippines
Pablo Ortega Deballon, France
Anthony R. Perez, Philippines
Evangelos Perrakis, Greece
Balasubramaniam Ramana, India
Wolfgang Reinpold, Germany
Michael Rosen, USA
Jacob Rosenberg, Denmark
Shintaro Sakurai, Japan
Rajesh Shah, India
Domingo Sampang, Philippines
Marc Soler, France
Marek Soltes, Slovak Republic
Bernd Stechemesser, Germany
Anthony Y.B. Teoh, Hong Kong
Han Tran, Australia
A.C.J. Windsor, UK
Peter Kam Fai Yip, Hong Kong