The goal of this clinical trial called the VITAL study is to learn if surgery has a positive impact on the quality of life in patients with incisional or parastomal hernia. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does surgery alleviate patients from their initial problem? Does new discomfort arise after surgery? Do the symptoms worsen, and does quality of life deteriorate in patients who are not offered surgery? The project will also look at time to surgery and postoperative complications. Researchers will send questionnaires to the patients to answer. Participants will: Answer the baseline questionnaire. Answer the follow-up questionnaires at 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, and 3 years after surgery or after the baseline questionnaire has been completed for those patients being managed conservatively with observation
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Change in quality of life after ventral hernia repair for pateints with incisional hernia
Timeframe: From enrollment to the end of follow-up at 36 months.
Quality of life in patient with incisional hernia
Timeframe: From enrollment to the end of follow-up at 36 months.
Quality of life in patients with parastomal hernia
Timeframe: From enrollment to the end of follow-up at 36 months.
Changes in quality of life after ventral hernia repair in patients with parastomal hernia
Timeframe: From enrollment to the end of follow-up at 36 months.