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.
Greece
| Name of Chapter | Hellenic Hernia Association |
| Date of Constitution | 1999 |
| Names of founding members | Antioxos Xristos, Arxontakis George, Blaxos Athanasios |
| President of National Chapter | Perrakis Evangelos |
| National delegate of National Chapter | Ntatsis Konstantinos |
| Contact | E. Perrakis |
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