NCT01132209

Suture Techniques to Reduce the Incidence of The inCisional Hernia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 576 (actual)
• Sponsor: Erasmus Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The objective of the study is reduction of the incidence of the most frequent complication of abdominal surgery, incisional hernia. In this multi center double-blinded prospective randomized controlled trial, in which a new suture technique using small bites is compared with the traditionally applied large bites (mass closure) technique for midline incisions.

Conditions

• Hernia
• Wound Infection
• Burst Abdomen
• Pain
• Quality of Life

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Closure of the abdominal wall after midline incisions	Closure of the midline incision after any abdominal operation. Suturing of the fascia of the abdominal wall with two different techniques

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-10-01
• Primary completion: 2013-04-01
• Completion: 2013-05-01
• First posted: 2010-05-27
• Last updated: 2014-08-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Netherlands