Hernia reduction following laparotomy using small stitch abdominal wall closure with and without mesh augmentation (the HULC trial): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Incisional hernias are among the most frequent complications following abdominal surgery and cause substantial morbidity, impaired health-related quality of life and costs. Despite improvements in abdominal wall closure techniques, the risk for developing an incisional hernia is reported to be betwe...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Article (Journal) |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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16 December 2019
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Trials
Year: 2019, Jahrgang: 20, Pages: 1-10 |
| ISSN: | 1468-6694 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s13063-019-3921-3 |
| Online-Zugang: | Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-019-3921-3 |
| Verfasserangaben: | Patrick Heger, Manuel Feißt, Johannes Krisam, Christina Klose, Colette Dörr-Harim, Solveig Tenckhoff, Markus W. Büchler, Markus K. Diener, André L. Mihaljevic |
| Zusammenfassung: | Incisional hernias are among the most frequent complications following abdominal surgery and cause substantial morbidity, impaired health-related quality of life and costs. Despite improvements in abdominal wall closure techniques, the risk for developing an incisional hernia is reported to be between 10 and 30% following midline laparotomies. There have been two recent innovations with promising results to reduce hernia risks, namely the small stitches technique and the placement of a prophylactic mesh. So far, these two techniques have not been evaluated in combination. |
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| Beschreibung: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1468-6694 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s13063-019-3921-3 |