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Should Prosthetic Repair of Incisional Abdominal Hernias be Drain or Not?

NCT00478348 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2017-11-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether drainage after prosthetic repair of incisional abdominal hernias increases or decreases complications such as infection, seromas and hematomas.

Conditions

  • Postoperative Complications
  • Hernia

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Prosthetic repair of abdominal incisional hernia

Rives-Stoppa repair of incisional hernia

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Lausanne Hospitals

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nicolas Demartines, MD · Department of Visceral Surgery, University Hospital Center, Lausanne, Switzerland

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-05-31
Primary Completion
2017-10-01
Completion
2017-11-10

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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