NCT02123719

Laparoscopic Incisional Hernia Repair in Liver Transplant Patients

Outcomes Analysis of Laparoscopic Incisional Hernia Repair and Risk Factors for Hernia Recurrence in Liver Transplant Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 112 (actual)
• Sponsor: Medical University Innsbruck · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Retrospective analysis of patients undergoing laparoscopic incisional hernia repair. Study group: Patients with incisional hernia post liver transplantation Control group: Patients with incisional hernia post any other laparotomy in the upper quadrant. Primary study outcome parameter: Risk of hernia recurrence. Secondary study outcome parameters: - Hernia repair-related infection rate \- Postoperative morbidity Statistical analysis: Comparison of study versus control group, univariate and multivariate analysis, Chi² and Mann-Whitney-U tests. P-values \<0.05 were considered significant.

Conditions

• Hernia Recurrence Post Laparoscopic Incisional Hernia Repair in Liver Transplant Versus Non-transplant Patients.

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Surgery

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-01-01
• Primary completion: 2013-12-01
• Completion: 2014-02-01
• First posted: 2014-04-25
• Last updated: 2014-04-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Austria