Should Prosthetic Repair of Incisional Abdominal Hernias be Drain or Not?

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether drainage after prosthetic repair of incisional abdominal hernias increases or decreases complications such as infection, seromas and hematomas.

Clinical Trial Description

Between 3 to 20% of patients who received a midline laparotomy will develop an incisional hernia.

Primary suture of the defect is associated with a recurrence rate between 25 and 50%.Mesh repair is superior with regard to the recurrence (12-20%), but early postoperative complications include infections, hematomas and seromas.

Some advocate the use of drains in order to diminish secretions and complications. Other claim that drains increase the complication's rate.

In the absence of a randomized controlled trial it's not clear whether drainage could influence positively or negatively the occurence of such complications when performing a prosthetic repair of abdominal incisional hernia.

The aim of this study is to answer this question, comparing prospectively two groups of operated patients: the former with drainage and the latter without. ;

Study Design

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT00478348
Study type	Interventional
Source	University of Lausanne Hospitals
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Status	Completed
Phase	N/A
Start date	May 2007
Completion date	November 10, 2017

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