Active clinical trials for "Hernia, Ventral"

entral hernias are a major cause of functional impairment, abdominal pain, and bowel obstruction. The overall incidence of primary ventral hernia is estimated to be between 4 and 5 % in the literature, and ventral incisional hernia rates vary from 35 to 60 % within 5 years after laparotomy . After laparoscopy, this rate is estimated to decline from 0.5 to 15 % even after two decades, LVHR or open repair (OVHR) is still a matter of debate because of concerns about seroma formation, recurrence rate, and the intraperitoneal mesh position. . The laparoscopic technique for repairing ventral and incisional hernias is now well established. However, several issues related to LVHR, such as the high recurrence rate of hernias with large fascial defects and in extremely obese patients, are yet to be resolved. Additional problems include seroma formation. To solve these problems, laparoscopic fascial defect closure with IPOM reinforcement (IPOM-Plus) has been introduced in the past decade, and a few studies have reported satisfactory outcomes. Although detailed techniques for fascial defect closure and handling of the mesh have been published, standardized techniques are yet to be established.

The use of synthetic mesh to repair infected defects of the abdominal wall remains controversial. This study aimed to evaluate the short-term outcomes of using PVDF mesh to treat infected abdominal wall defects in the elective setting.

The primary endpoint of this study will determine if subjects receiving a continuous infusion of local anesthetic following laparoscopic ventral hernia repair, with the pain pump installed as described to treat post surgical pain will have a lower incidence of pain than those patients treated with a placebo, saline-filled pain pump.The secondary endpoint of this study will determine if subjects receiving a continuous infusion of local anesthetic following laparoscopic ventral hernia repair, with the pain pump installed as described to treat post surgical pain will have a lower utilization of narcotic analgesic medication than those patients treated with the placebo, saline-filled pain pump.

Method of fixation of the mesh in laparoscopic incisional / ventral hernia repair might influence the degree of postoperative pain. The study hypothesis is that there is no difference in postoperative pain between different methods to fix the mesh in laparoscopic incisional / ventral hernia repair.

This study is being conducted to gain a better understanding of the quality of life for patients with a diagnosis of primary and recurrent incisional hernias and 1) who decline to have surgery to repair the hernia or 2) patients who cannot have surgery because their health will not allow them or 3O if surgery to repair the hernia is completed. A comparison will be made between those who receive surgery and those who do not.

The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of a preoperative pulsed electromagnetic field and abdominal exercises on muscle strength post ventral hernioplasty.

The aim of this study is to prove the superiority of the robotic assistance in laparoscopic repair of abdominal wall hernias . In this monocentric randomized controlled trial, the use of the DA VINCI robot might reduce the post-operative pain of the patient resulting in a 40% reduction of morphine consumption.

Hernia of the abdominal wall occur frequently after various surgical procedures of the abdomen and are increasingly performed by laparoscopic means. Different mesh fixation techniques are applied, but the influence of mesh fixation on shrinkage is not known in human patients. Therefore, mesh shrinkage was assessed using two different techniques for fixation.

Recent years, lots of treatment teqnique have development. We aimed that comparising the normal and small size meshes in the inguinal hernia patients.

Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair (VHR) is usually performed by reducing the contents in the hernia sac from the abdominal cavity and then covering the defect from the inside with a mesh, i.e. Intraperitoneal Onlay Mesh (IPOM). This means that the hernia sac is left in situ anterior to the mesh. This may, however, predispose for the development of fluid in the hernia sac, i.e. seroma. The risk of seroma development may be reduced if a the defect is closed before the mesh is applied. Closing the defect may, however, cause tension and pain from the abdominal wall. Instead of closing the defect, the part of the peritoneum constituting the hernia sac may be used for closing the defect. In this case, the peritoneum is dissected from the edges of the hernia sac and then used as a flap that is fixated to the edges of the hernia sac on the opposite side. In order to evaluate whether peritoneal bridging reduces the seroma development following ventral hernia repair, we are undertaking a double-blind randomized controlled trial comparing conventional closure of the hernia defect with peritoneal bridging. The goal is to randomize 50 patients undergoing laparoscopic ventral hernia to conventional closure or closure of the defect with peritoneal bridging. Clinical follow-up is performed one month and one year after surgery. At both occasions, the patient is requested to fill in the Ventral Hernia Pain Questionnaire (VHPQ) and an investigation is done in order to assess the presence of seromas, recurrences or other local complications. One year after surgery, computer tomography is performed. The main purpose of the computer tomography is to quantify the presence of seromas. The study is intended as phase 2 study with the aim of evaluating peritoneal bridging as an alternative to conventional defect closure. If the study shows that bridging does not lead to substantial seroma development, future studies with greater statistical power and other outcome measures will be undertaken.