Surgeons develop universal patient-reported outcomes tool to improve hernia care

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Surgeons develop universal patient-reported outcomes tool to improve hernia care

Patient-reported outcomes have become a critical part of improving surgical care because of their ability to capture patient experiences, such as quality of life and satisfaction, that can help inform treatment. However, for patients undergoing abdominal hernia repair—a common procedure performed on about 400,000 patients a year in the United States—a tool to effectively and practically measure those outcomes has not been widely accepted and implemented by clinics.

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