NCT00537927

LACH-Trial: LAparoscopic Correction of Hernia

The Effect of Mesh Fixation Technique on Postoperative Pain in Laparoscopic Correction of Incisional and Ventral Abdominal Wall Hernias.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 215 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ziekenhuisgroep Twente · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Method of fixation of the mesh in laparoscopic incisional / ventral hernia repair might influence the degree of postoperative pain. The study hypothesis is that there is no difference in postoperative pain between different methods to fix the mesh in laparoscopic incisional / ventral hernia repair.

Detailed description

One of the complications in laparoscopic incisional / ventral hernia repair is postoperative pain. Method of fixation of the mesh in laparoscopic incisional / ventral hernia repair might influence the degree of this postoperative pain. Fixation of the mesh might also influence other outcome parameters such as return to preoperative activities, costs and recurrence rate. The study hypothesis is that there is no difference in postoperative pain when comparing three commonly used mesh fixation techniques in laparoscopic incisional / ventral hernia repair.

Conditions

• Incisional Hernia
• Ventral Hernia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	laparoscopic correction of hernia with mesh	Correction of hernia with mesh and fixation of mesh using one of the arms.

Timeline

• Start date: 2005-08-01
• Primary completion: 2008-10-01
• Completion: 2009-01-01
• First posted: 2007-10-02
• Last updated: 2009-02-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Netherlands