Quality of incisional hernia surgery "What are the benefits of vacuum sealing therapy for mesh infections after open incisional hernia treatment using the sublay and onlay technique?"

Quality of incisional hernia surgery "What are the benefits of vacuum sealing therapy for mesh infections after open incisional hernia treatment using the sublay and onlay technique?" - IHVAC

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00022170

Enrollment

Registered

2020-06-24

Start date

2020-06-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Incisional hernia K43.0 K43.1 K43.2

Interventions

Group 1: Records of patients whose wound infection was treated with VAC therapy after open surgical incisional hernia repair are recorded anonymously. Only the duration of the Hospital stay is conside

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients who were operated on due to an incisional hernia in Sublay- and Onlay-technique and suffered from a wound infection.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: No VAC-Therapy

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Mesh removal rate in the end of VAC therapy	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Duration of Hospital stay Clavien-Dindo-classification Amount of VAC-procedures Recurrence rate	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactChristoph Paasch

HELIOS Klinikum Berlin-Buch

christoph.paasch@helios-kliniken.de030/940112794

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026