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Prospective Clinical Observational Cohort Study to Evaluate the Use of a Tissue Separating Mesh (Proceed®) in Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Ventral Hernia
Interventions
Procedure: use of a tissue separating mesh (Proceed®) in Laparoscopic Ventral hernia repair
Registration Number
NCT00572962
Lead Sponsor
University Hospital, Ghent
Brief Summary

1. General: antibiotic prophylaxis: cefazoline (Cefacidal™) 2 gram iv administered 30 minutes before surgery

2. Laparoscopic surgery

* at least 5 cm overlap (mesh diameter should exceed hernia size by at least 10 cm)

* with or without anchoring transparietal sutures or double crown technique

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
210
Inclusion Criteria
  • written informed consent from the patient or his/her legal representative
  • ventral hernia requiring elective surgical repair
Exclusion Criteria
  • no written informed consent
  • 'hostile' abdomen; open abdomen treatment
  • contraindication to pneumoperitoneum
  • emergency surgery (incarcerated hernia)
  • parastomal hernia

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
1use of a tissue separating mesh (Proceed®) in Laparoscopic Ventral hernia repairuse of a tissue separating mesh (Proceed®) in Laparoscopic Ventral hernia repair
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
recurrence rateafter 1 year
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
morbidity rateperioperative
postoperative painwithin 1 week
long term complication rateafter 1 year
quality of lifeafter 1 year

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Hospital Ghent

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Ghent, Belgium

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