Chronic Complaints After Small Umbilical Hernia Repair

Hvidovre University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Ventral Hernia; Chronic Pain

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01741740

SMALLUMBI123

Details and patient eligibility

About

There are only little data on the risk of chronic complaints (pain and discomfort) following open non-mesh sutured repairs of small umbilical or epigastric hernias. Our primary and secondary endpoints were long-term pain and discomfort at rest, respectively and thirdly recurrence. The setup was a retrospective two-centre study including patients ≥18 years undergoing primary elective open non-mesh sutured umbilical or epigastric hernia repairs. The survey included questions on suspicion of recurrence, reoperation for recurrence (if yes patients were examined by a consultant in patients home), pain, discomfort, work, and leisure activities. We analysed 295 consecutive patients through a non-validated structured questionnaire.

Enrollment: 295 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• primary elective open non-mesh sutured umbilical or epigastric hernia repair

Exclusion criteria

• mesh repair, acute repair, repair secondary to other operation, recurrent hernia repair, combined hernia repair, laparoscopic hernie repair, trocar hernia repair, incompensated liver cirrhosis, age < 18 years, pregnancy

Trial design

295 participants in 1 patient group

retrospective surgical patients

Description:

consecutive elective umbilical hernia repair patients during two years from two hospitals,- retrospective id with prospective follow up