COMplete Versus PArtial Open inCisional Hernia Repair (COMPAC-TRIAL)

Ghent University Hospital (UZ)

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Incisional Hernia

Treatments: Procedure: partial repair of the abdominal wall; Procedure: complete repair

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00498810

2007/241

Details and patient eligibility

About

To compare the complete repair of the abdominal wall at the level of the former incision with only a partial repair at the level of the hernia in patients with an incisional hernia after median laparotomy in a prospective randomized trial.

Enrollment: 160 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Written informed consent from the patient or his/her legal representative
• Incisional hernia requiring elective surgical repair

Exclusion criteria

• No written informed consent
• Emergency surgery (incarcerated hernia)
• All incisional or parastomal hernias not originating at the midline
• All recurrent hernias
• All patients with mesh placed intra-abdominally during surgery have to be withdrawn

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)