Closure of Abdominal Wall Clinical Trial
Official title:
Changing Technique of Abdominal Wall Closure According to European Hernia Society (EHS) Guidelines in a General Hospital
Implementing guidelines of EHS for abdominal wall closure in all specialities of a General Hospital. Migrating from large stitch technique to short stitch technique.
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.
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