NCT01595230

Internal Hernias After Gastric Bypass Can be Prevented Safely With Primary Closure of All Mesenteric Defects With Clips

Randomized Controlled Trial: Internal Hernias After Gastric Bypass Can be Prevented Safely With Primary Closure of All Mesenteric Defects With Clips

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 405 (actual)
• Sponsor: Region Zealand · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether closure of all mesenteric defects with clips at the time of Gastric bypass, can avoid the complication of late bowel obstruction- internal hernias

Conditions

• Internal Hernias

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Closing the mesenteric defects with clips during opration	The laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery will be performed as usual. The patient will receive the closing of the mesenteric defects (the Petersen´s space and the entero-enterostomy site).The closing will happen at the end of the operation, using clips (herniestapler).

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-05-01
• Primary completion: 2023-01-01
• Completion: 2023-01-01
• First posted: 2012-05-10
• Last updated: 2020-04-01

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Denmark