NCT06530420

The Usefulness of the New EHS/AHS Classification of Primary Umbilical Hernias in the Selection of Method of Their Treatment

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 1,087 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Brothers Hospitallers Hospital in Cracow · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

The aim of the study is to assess the usefulness of the new classification of primary umbilical hernias in the choice of treatment of patients. The study is conducted as a retrospective analysis of material from the hospital database

Detailed description

A retrospective analysis will include patients operated on in the Department of General Surgery of the Hospital of the Brothers Hospitallers in the period from January 2016 to December 2022. The incidence of recurrence will be assessed based on outpatient records and a telephone survey. Hernias will be classified according to the EHS/AHS guidelines as small, medium and large. The qualification will take into account the old and new classification of hernias.

Conditions

• Retrospective Analysis of Material From the Hospital Database

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Umbilical hernia repair surgery	collected information about: gender, age, comorbidities, body weight, time of surgery, hernia size and treatment methods and reccurence

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-06-14
• Primary completion: 2024-08-31
• Completion: 2025-12-20
• First posted: 2024-07-31
• Last updated: 2024-07-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Poland