Comparative study of mesh fixation in patients who have hernia of abdominal wall
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- ASA 1/2 pateints with primary ventral or incisional hernia
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2015/06/005846
- Lead Sponsor
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 74
Inclusion Criteria
1. Hernia defect size less than or equal to 15 cms.
2. Primary ventral hernia / umbilical hernias
3. Incisional hernias not operated upon earlier
Exclusion Criteria
1. Recurrent hernias.
2. Defect size more than 15 cms
3. Patients with active skin infections.
4. Patients with significant co-morbidities like hypertension, tuberculosis, diabetes mellitus, and bronchial asthma.
5. Patients with any co-existing intra-abdominal pathology like gall stone disease, fibroids, intra-abdominal cysts, etc
6. Patients unfit for general anesthesia.
7. Patients with uncorrectable coagulopathy.
8. Patients not giving consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare the incidence of early postoperative pain and chronic pain, recurrencerate, quality of life, return to physical activity, patient satisfaction,cosmetic outcome, cost effectiveness following following two techniques of mesh fixation- non-absorbable versus absorbable tackers - for laparoscopic mesh repair of incisional and ventral herniasTimepoint: Patients will be called at 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months and yearly thereafter
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare the incidence of postoperative complications. <br/ ><br>To compare the incidence of intraoperative complicationsTimepoint: Intra-operatively and post operatively