NCT01413412

Full-thickness Skin vs. Synthetic Mesh in the Repair of Large Incisional Hernia

Full-thickness Skin vs. Synthetic Mesh in the Repair of Large Incisional Hernia - a Prospective Randomized Controlled Study

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Karolinska Institutet · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a prospective randomized study to compare surgical methods for the repair of large abdominal hernia.

Detailed description

Patients with giant (\>10 cm in diameter) abdominal wall hernia are included in a prospective randomized study comparing conventional mesh repair with the best possible method to onlay full thickness skin grafts.

Conditions

• Ventral Hernia
• Postoperative Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Ventral hernia repair using full thickness skin graft	25 patients
PROCEDURE	Ventral hernia repair using mesh	25 patients

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-12-01
• Primary completion: 2016-12-01
• Completion: 2016-12-01
• First posted: 2011-08-10
• Last updated: 2015-09-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Sweden