Internal Hernias After Gastric Bypass Can be Prevented Safely With Primary Closure of All Mesenteric Defects With Clips

Region Zealand

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Internal Hernias

Treatments: Procedure: Closing the mesenteric defects with clips during opration

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01595230

SJ-284

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether closure of all mesenteric defects with clips at the time of Gastric bypass, can avoid the complication of late bowel obstruction- internal hernias

Enrollment: 405 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All patients who meet the requirements for a Gastric Bypass at Køge Hospital.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who do not meet the inclusion criteria
• Patients who converted to open surgeon

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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405 participants in 2 patient groups

Inertervention group_Clips to avoid internal herniation

Experimental group

Description:

LRYGB with closure of the defects with simple hernia stapler clips. Aim of this study is to evaluate the benefits and disadvantages of closing the mesenteric defects during gastric bypass in order to avoid internal herniation.

Treatment:

Procedure: Closing the mesenteric defects with clips during opration

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

conventional LRYGB without closure of the mesenteric defects