Reoperation Rate Versus Clinical Recurrence After Ventral Hernia Repair

Zealand University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Ventral Hernia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01325246

FH-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The risk for recurrence after ventral hernia repair is often based on reoperation rates with short follow-up rather than recurrences identified by clinical examinations.

The purpose of current study is find the real incidence of recurrences 3 years after ventral hernia repair and to compare with the reoperation rate.

Full description

all patients in a restricted area (all patients in the part of Denmark called Zealand) who had a ventral hernia repair in 2007 (appr. 1200 patients). The patients will be sorted by a questionnaire and if the patients are suspicious for recurrence they will be offered a clinical examination.

Enrollment: 945 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Primary ventral hernia repair performed in the region of Zealand in Denmark

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who died and patients not resident in region Zealand