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Watchful Waiting of Incisional Hernias

NCT00351455 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2023-05-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study is being conducted to gain a better understanding of the quality of life for patients with a diagnosis of primary and recurrent incisional hernias and 1) who decline to have surgery to repair the hernia or 2) patients who cannot have surgery because their health will not allow them or 3O if surgery to repair the hernia is completed. A comparison will be made between those who receive surgery and those who do not.

Conditions

  • Incisional Hernia
  • Ventral Hernia
  • Umbilical Hernia

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

smoking cessation

BEHAVIORAL

tighter diabetic control

BEHAVIORAL

diet and exercise program

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Baylor College of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Charles Bellows, III, MD · Baylor College of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-05-31
Primary Completion
2009-01-31
Completion
2009-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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