Recurrence and Patient Satisfaction After Laparoscopic Hernia Repair With Intraperitoneal Onlay-mesh (IPOM)

Completed

• Conditions: Recurrent Ventral Hernia; Ventral Hernia
• Interventions: Procedure: hernia gap closure; Procedure: extracorporal suturing of gap

• Registration Number: NCT01839942
• Lead Sponsor: Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen

Brief Summary

For laparoscopic ventral hernia repair, the technique to close the hernia gap is not well established. Mainly three techniques are currently applied:

* no closure at all

* extracorporal suturing of the gap

* intracorporal suturing of the gap

All three techniques have been applied at our hospital. Patients who received laparoscopic hernia repair between 2006 and 2011 will be identified from the patient database and will be contacted by phone to inquire about the outcome and the satisfaction of the surgery.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2013-04-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-04-23
• Study First Posted: 2013-04-25
• Study Start: 2013-05
• Primary Completion: 2013-08
• Study Completion: 2013-08
• Status Verified: 2014-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-02-17
• Last Update Posted: 2014-02-19

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 348

Inclusion Criteria

• hernia repair between 2006 and 2011
• laparoscopic hernia repair using intraperitoneal onlay-mesh (IPOM)
• patient agrees to be surveyed by phone

Exclusion Criteria

• Patient rejects participation in survey
• patient already rejected use of his/her data for research purposes at admittance to surgery

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
extracorporal gap closure	hernia gap closure	extracorporal hernia gap closure extracorporal suturing of gap
extracorporal gap closure	extracorporal suturing of gap	extracorporal hernia gap closure extracorporal suturing of gap
intracorporal gap closure	hernia gap closure	intracorporal hernia gap closure

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Recurrence rate	7 years	Hernia recurrence at the time of phone survey (2 - 7 years after surgery)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time to recurrence	7 years	time from surgery to hernia recurrence
Patient satisfaction	2 - 7 years after surgery	questionnaire with 4 items and 5 step Likert scales

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Cantonal Hospital St.Gallen; 🇨🇭 St. Gallen, Switzerland