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JAWS Prize

The JAWS Prize is awarded annually at the European Hernia Society Annual Conference. The Executive Editors independently assess the articles published in the journal in the previous year. 

The winner of the JAWS prize is presented with a certificate at the EHS Conference and receives a complementary publication in the journal  

  

2025 JAWS Prize – awarded to the best article published in 2024 

Winner 

Incidence, Healthcare Resource Use and Costs Associated With Incisional Hernia Repair 

By Laurie Smith et al. 

The Executive Editors are pleased to award the 2025 JAWS Prize to Laurie Smith. The Editors praise this very interesting study of the economic impact and use of resources associated with a fundamental part of abdominal wall surgery such as incisional hernia surgery. 

About the author 

Laurie Smith is an ST5 general surgical registrar in South Wales. He has recently completed his M.D in incisional hernia prevention and abdominal wall closure and is passionate about education and training in this area, alongside implementation of research into clinical practice. 

Shortlisted 

Robot-Assisted Extraperitoneal Ventral Hernia Repair—Experience From the First 160 Consecutive Operations With Lateral eTEP and eTAR Techniques 

By Robert Vogel et al. 

Botulinum Toxin and Progressive Pneumoperitoneum in Loss of Domain Ventral Hernias: A Systematic Review 

By Mario Giuffrida et al.

ENGINE—An EHS Project for Future Guidelines 

By Cesare Stabilini et al. 

 

2024 JAWS Prize – awarded to the best article published in 2023 

Winner 

Ventralex™ ST Hernia Patch Repair for Small Umbilical Hernia is Safe and Effective: A Retrospective Cohort Study 

By Juha M. Hiekkaranta et al.  

Shortlisted 

Laparoscopic vs. Open Approach in Emergent Inguinal Hernia: Our Experience and Review of Literature 

By Luis Tallon-Aguilar et al.  

Comparison of Two Versus Three Bilateral Botulinum Toxin Injections Prior to Abdominal Wall Reconstruction 

By Allard S. Timmer et al. 

Female Groin Hernia Repairs in the Swedish Hernia Register 1992–2022: A Review With Updates 

By Hanna de la Croix et al.  

  

2023 JAWS Prize – awarded to the best article published in 2022 

Winner 

Closure of Iterative Laparotomy in Patients With Previous Mesh Reinforcement a Cohorts’ Study. Short-Term Results 

By Alejandro Bravo-Salva et al. 

Shortlisted 

Protocol for EHS Rapid Guideline: Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, GRADE Assessment, and European Recommendations on Parastomal Hernia Prevention 

By Stavros Antoniou et al. 

Description of the Current Da Vinci® Training Pathway for Robotic Abdominal Wall Surgery by the European Hernia Society 

By Maaike Vierstraete et al. 

Open Emergent Groin Hernia Repair: Anterior or Posterior Approach? 

By Victor Rodrigues et al.