CompletedNot Applicable

Negative Pressure Incisional Wound Therapy for High-risk Ventral Hernia Repair

Canada110 participantsStarted 2020-12-14

Plain-language summary

The investigators are testing the ability of vacuum dressings to improve wound healing for patients having large hernias surgically repaired who are at risk of having wound complications. The trial will randomly be giving some patients having this surgery the vacuum dressing and some a standard dressing and observing how their wounds heal in hospital and at follow-up appointments.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion criteria

✓. patients undergoing surgical repair of ventral or incisional hernias greater than 3 cm in largest diameter
✓. have one or more of the following risk factors for post-operative surgical site complications:
✓. Body Mass Index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30
✓. diagnosis of diabetes mellitus (either type I or II)
✓. previous history of hernia recurrence
✓. active smoker
✓. presence of colostomy or ileostomy
✓. age greater than 64

Exclusion criteria

✕. the abdomen is left open post-operatively, or
✕. if the patient has a sensitivity to silver.

What they're measuring

Surgical Site Complications

Timeframe: First 3 months post-operatively

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04455724

SponsorMcMaster University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2024-05-01

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