Prolonged Hospital Stay and Readmission After Elective Ventral Hernia Repair (LOSHERNIA)

Zealand University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Ventral Hernia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01388634

Køge hospital

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the present study was to analyse factors associated with prolonged length of hospital stay, readmission and death in a nationwide group of patients undergoing elective ventral hernia repair in search for areas of interest to improve outcome after ventral hernia surgery

Full description

Detailed analysis of reasons for prolonged hospital stay and readmission in patients undergoing a ventral hernia repair

Enrollment: 2,258 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients with elective ventral hernia repair in Denmark 2008

Exclusion criteria

• emergency repairs

Trial design

2,258 participants in 2 patient groups

Study cohort

Description:

Patients with prolonged length of hospital stay (\>5 days) or readmission after ventral hernia repair

control group

Description:

Patients without prolonged length of hospital stay (\>5 days) or readmission after ventral hernia repair