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Fast-track Giant Ventral Hernia Repair

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Bispebjerg Hospital

Status

Completed

Conditions

Hernia, Ventral

Treatments

Other: Fast-track group

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02305082
Fast-track-hernia-bbh

Details and patient eligibility

About

The implementation of an enhanced recovery pathway after giant ventral hernia repair, including preoperative high-dose steroid is examined prospectively and compared with a group of historic controls.

Full description

All patients operated on for a large incisional hernia are treated according to the study protocol. Patients are given high-dose glucocorticoid preoperative and the aim is to discharge patients at postoperative day 3.

Morbidity, length of stay, pain, nausea and pulmonary function are among registered outcomes compared with a historic control group.

Enrollment

32 patients

Sex

All

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Horizontal fascia defect > 10 cm on computed tomography scan
  • Planned elective open incisional hernia repair

Exclusion criteria

  • Known allergy against glucocorticoid treatment
  • Insulin-treated diabetes
  • Gastric ulcer diagnosed within four weeks preoperative
  • Steroid-treated immune disease
  • Planned intestinal anastomosis concomitant to hernia repair

Trial design

32 participants in 2 patient groups

Fast-track group
Description:
Patients treated according to the enhanced recovery pathway. This group is examined prospectively.
Treatment:
Other: Fast-track group
Control group
Description:
Patients treated according to the historic recovery pathway. This group is examined retrospectively.

Trial contacts and locations

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