Established by a handful of French surgeons in 1979, the former GREPA spread out all over Europe to become the European Hernia Society-GREPA in 1998.
Bulgary
| Name of Chapter | Bulgarian Hernia Club |
| Date of Constitution | 04.01.2005 |
| Names of founding members | Petio Georgiev Tokov, Rossen Georgiev Radev, Sasho Georgiev Bonev, Violeta Dimitrova Marinova, Nikolai Vladislavov Popadiin |
| President of National Chapter | Prof. Dr. Petio Tokov |
| National delegate of National Chapter | Prof. Dr. Petio Tokov |
| Contact | Prof. Dr. Petio Tokov |
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