Laparoscopic Incisional Hernia Repair in Liver Transplant Patients

Medical University Innsbruck

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hernia Recurrence Post Laparoscopic Incisional Hernia Repair in Liver Transplant Versus Non-transplant Patients.

Treatments: Other: Surgery

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02123719

1304197302

Details and patient eligibility

About

Retrospective analysis of patients undergoing laparoscopic incisional hernia repair.

Study group: Patients with incisional hernia post liver transplantation Control group: Patients with incisional hernia post any other laparotomy in the upper quadrant.

Primary study outcome parameter: Risk of hernia recurrence. Secondary study outcome parameters: - Hernia repair-related infection rate

• Postoperative morbidity Statistical analysis: Comparison of study versus control group, univariate and multivariate analysis, Chi² and Mann-Whitney-U tests. P-values <0.05 were considered significant.

Enrollment: 112 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Incisional hernia
• Laparoscopic repair possible

Exclusion criteria

• Other types of ventral hernias
• Laparoscopy not possible

Trial design

112 participants in 2 patient groups

Patients post liver transplantation

Description:

Patients after liver transplantation

Treatment:

Other: Surgery

Control group

Description:

Patients with an abdominal incisional hernia without a history of immunosuppresion

Treatment:

Other: Surgery