Short Term Outcomes of Heavy-weight Versus Medium-weight Synthetic Mesh

NeuroTherapia, Inc.

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hernia Incisional; Hernia, Ventral

Treatments: Device: Medium weight or Heavy weight mesh

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06409091

23-346

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study compares short term outcomes of patients undergoing a hernia repair with heavy weight mesh vs medium weight mesh in clean-contaminated and contaminated cases.

Full description

The Abdominal Core Health Quality Collaborative was queried for patients undergoing open retromuscular hernia repairs with both heavy weight polypropylene (PP) mesh and medium weight PP mesh in cases where there was clean-contaminated and contaminated surgeries. The short term outcomes were then evaluated including wound infections, readmissions, recurrences of the hernia, and quality of life scores.

Enrollment: 1,496 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients undergoing open ventral hernia repairs with synthetic mesh in contaminated and clean contaminated surgery

Exclusion criteria

• Laparoscopic or robotic surgery
• clean cases or dirty cases
• pregnancy
• under age of 18

Trial design

1,496 participants in 2 patient groups

Medium weight PP mesh

Description:

Patients receiving medium weight PP mesh in clean-contaminated and contaminated settings

Treatment:

Device: Medium weight or Heavy weight mesh

Heavy Weight PP Mesh

Description:

Patients receiving heavy weight PP mesh in clean-contaminated and contaminated settings

Treatment:

Device: Medium weight or Heavy weight mesh