Abdominal Hernia in Cirrhotic Patients: Surgery or Conservative Treatment?

NCT02787772 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 246

Last updated 2016-06-09

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Summary

Cirrhotic patients have a high incidence of abdominal wall hernias. Ascites and sarcopenia are risk factors to development of bigger hernias and frequent need for urgent surgery due parietal complications. However, hernia surgery is usually delayed in cirrhotic patients because of high morbidity and mortality.

Methods: A prospective study of cirrhotic patients with abdominal wall hernia during January 2009 to November 2014. Demographics, characteristics of underlying liver disease, type of hernia, complications and mortality of 246 enrolled patients were collected. Elective hernia repair was performed in 57 unselected patients, 186 patients were kept in clinical follow up. During follow up urgent hernia surgery was performed when unavoidable

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Elective Hernia repair

abdominal wall hernia repair using onlay mesh.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-01-31
Primary Completion
2014-11-30
Completion
2016-01-31

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