Background: Digital and Social Media (#SoMe) platforms have revolutionized the way information is shared, classified and accessed among medical professionals worldwide. The aim of this study was to review the hashtags used on Twitter by @EuroHerniaS to provide a practical roadmap for easier social media utilization for hernia surgery stakeholders. Methods: The hashtags used in tweets and retweets of the @EuroHerniaS Twitter feed were collated since its foundation in November 2016. Results: The first hashtag used was #HerniaSurgery. Since foundation to July 2021, the @EuroHerniaS Twitter feed has used 90 separate hashtags. The number of new hashtags per year was increasing leading to the development of an online library. The increasing diversity of hernia related hashtags allows for the more detailed posting and searching of hernia related information on the #SoMe platform Twitter. Conclusion: The more detailed use of hashtags on Twitter is to be encouraged. Hernia surgeons can make use of them both when posting and reviewing posts to aid the categorization of posts.

3rd Department of Surgery 1st Medical Faculty Charles University and Motol University Hospital Prague Czechia

Beverly Hills Hernia Center Beverly Hills CA United States

Digestive Disease Center Bispebjerg University Hospital Copenhagen Denmark

European Hernia Society Social Media Advisory Board Paris France

European Hernia Society Website Advisory Board Paris France

Hernia Istanbul® Hernia Surgery Center Istanbul Turkey

Newcastle Centre for Bowel Disease Research Group Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Newcastle Upon Tyne UK

Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust Barnstaple UK

Pendar Management Consulting and Business Development Istanbul Turkey

Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Edinburgh UK

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