Erratum to: Hernia (2007) 11:113–116 DOI 10.1007/s10029-007-0198-3

According to the European Hernia Society groin hernia classification a type 3 hernia is larger than 2 fingers and not restricted to ≥3 fingers as now mentioned in the publication. Therefore the text should be read as follows:

As can be seen in Table 2, the size of the hernia orifice is registered as 1 (≤1 finger), 2 (1−2 fingers) and 3 (>2 fingers).