Incisional Hernia Repair With Mesh at Waitemata District Health Board - A 15 Year Retrospective Cohort Study'

Completed

• Conditions: Incisional Hernia

• Registration Number: NCT05482139
• Lead Sponsor: Waitemata District Health Board

Brief Summary

A retrospective review of all incisional hernia repairs at North Shore Hospital (NSH), Auckland, NZ was performed between January 2004 and July 2019. Patients who had an open or laparoscopic incisional hernia repair with mesh were included in this study. Patients were retrospectively followed up from the date of their operation until the end of the study period.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2004-01-01
• Primary Completion: 2019-07-31
• Study Completion: 2019-07-31
• Status Verified: 2022-07
• Study First Submitted: 2022-07-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-07-28
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-07-28
• Study First Posted: 2022-08-01
• Last Update Posted: 2022-08-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 718

Inclusion Criteria

• Primary surgical procedure was incisional hernia repair with mesh

Exclusion Criteria

• Suture repair
• Other hernia repair (not incisional)
• Operation notes unavailable

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Length of Hospital Stay	0 days - 38 days	How long patients stayed admitted to hospital after surgery
Post operative complications	30-days post procedure	Post operative complications as per Clavien-Dindo classification

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Recurrence of hernia	0 days - 15 years	Did patients experience a recurrence of their hernia, if so after what period of time post operatively.