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Prospective Clinical Observational Cohort Study to Evaluate the Use of a Tissue Separating Mesh (Proceed®) in Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair

NCT00572962

CompletedNA

Sponsor: University Hospital, Ghent

Conditions: Ventral Hernia

Interventions: use of a tissue separating mesh (Proceed®) in Laparoscopic Ventral hernia repair

Countries: Belgium

1. General: antibiotic prophylaxis: cefazoline (Cefacidal™) 2 gram iv administered 30 minutes before surgery 2. Laparoscopic surgery * at least 5 cm overlap (mesh diameter should exceed hernia size by at least 10 cm) * with or without anchoring transparietal sutures or double crown technique

Eligibility overview

Sex: ALL

Age: 18 Years to —

Healthy volunteers: No

Study type: INTERVENTIONAL

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

* written informed consent from the patient or his/her legal representative
* ventral hernia requiring elective surgical repair

Exclusion Criteria:

* no written informed consent
* 'hostile' abdomen; open abdomen treatment
* contraindication to pneumoperitoneum
* emergency surgery (incarcerated hernia)
* parastomal hernia

Locations (1)

Ghent, Belgium