NCT00351455

Watchful Waiting of Incisional Hernias

Watchful Waiting of Incisional Hernias: A Prospective Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Baylor College of Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study is being conducted to gain a better understanding of the quality of life for patients with a diagnosis of primary and recurrent incisional hernias and 1) who decline to have surgery to repair the hernia or 2) patients who cannot have surgery because their health will not allow them or 3O if surgery to repair the hernia is completed. A comparison will be made between those who receive surgery and those who do not.

Detailed description

This study is being conducted to gain a better understanding of the quality of life for patients with a diagnosis of primary and recurrent incisional hernias and 1) who decline to have surgery to repair the hernia or 2) patients who cannot have surgery because their health will not allow them or 3O if surgery to repair the hernia is completed. A comparison will be made between those who receive surgery and those who do not. Subjects will fill out three survey forms on quality of life and pain at baseline and again at six and 12 months. Measurements of change in hernia size will be made, life-style changes such as smoking cessation, weight-loss, tighter control of diabetes will be initiated for outcome comparison with controls.

Conditions

• Incisional Hernia
• Ventral Hernia
• Umbilical Hernia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	smoking cessation
BEHAVIORAL	tighter diabetic control
BEHAVIORAL	diet and exercise program

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-05-01
• Primary completion: 2009-01-01
• Completion: 2009-01-01
• First posted: 2006-07-12
• Last updated: 2023-05-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States