NCT02658955

Changing Technique of Abdominal Wall Closure (PHACPA)

Changing Technique of Abdominal Wall Closure According to European Hernia Society (EHS) Guidelines in a General Hospital

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,164 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hospital del Mar · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Implementing guidelines of EHS for abdominal wall closure in all specialities of a General Hospital. Migrating from large stitch technique to short stitch technique.

Detailed description

Surgeons will receive instruction about new techniques of closure of the abdomen and will practice in models and receive a certification previously to implement in their surgical practice the new technique. Results will be monitorised and compared with previous cohort of patients. A protocol of closure will be implemented. Patients without risk factors will receive a laparotomy closure with "short stitch" technique and patients with risk factor for developing incisional hernia or burst abdomen and aditional profilactic suprafascial mesh.

Conditions

• Closure of Abdominal Wall

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Short stitch	Surgeons will receive instructions to change the technique of abdominal wall closure

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-06-01
• Primary completion: 2018-07-01
• Completion: 2018-07-01
• First posted: 2016-01-20
• Last updated: 2019-10-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain