Status:
COMPLETED
Prospective Study of Ventral Hernia Repair
Lead Sponsor:
Northwestern University
Conditions:
Ventral Hernia
Eligibility:
All Genders
Brief Summary
Immediate post-operative abdominal compartment syndrome is a feared complication after hernia repair in patients with a "loss of abdominal domain." Replacement of the viscera within an unyielding stif...
Detailed Description
With approval from the Institutional Review Board of Northwestern University, twenty-one patients with large ventral hernias were selected due to their large hernia size from a pool of 130 patients un...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- any patient with a large ventral hernia already scheduled to undergo ventral hernia repair with components separation technique
Exclusion
- any patient unwilling to comply with pre-operative pulmonary function testing, or postoperative pulmonary function testing or postoperative one-time abdominal CT scan
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2007
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
21 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00894582
Start Date
January 1 2007
End Date
December 1 2008
Last Update
May 7 2009
Active Locations (1)
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1
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Northwestern.edu
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611