NCT00573105

Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair by Heavy Weight or Lighter Weight Mesh (COMPOSIX-trial)

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 110 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Ghent · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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

Conditions

• Ventral Hernia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Laparoscopic Ventral hernia repair by heavy weight mesh	Laparoscopic Ventral hernia repair by heavy weight mesh
PROCEDURE	Laparoscopic Ventral hernia repair by lighter weight mesh	Laparoscopic Ventral hernia repair by lighter weight mesh

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-02-01
• Primary completion: 2010-11-01
• Completion: 2010-11-01
• First posted: 2007-12-13
• Last updated: 2011-01-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium