Prolonged Hospital Stay and Readmission After Elective Ventral Hernia Repair

Nationwide Analysis of Prolonged Hospital Stay and Readmission After Elective Ventral Hernia Repair

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01388634

Acronym

LOSHERNIA

Enrollment

2258

Registered

2011-07-06

Start date

2010-06-30

Completion date

2011-08-31

Last updated

2018-06-27

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Conditions

Ventral Hernia

Keywords

Length of hospital stay, readmission, ventral hernia

Brief summary

The aim of the present study was to analyse factors associated with prolonged length of hospital stay, readmission and death in a nationwide group of patients undergoing elective ventral hernia repair in search for areas of interest to improve outcome after ventral hernia surgery

Detailed description

Detailed analysis of reasons for prolonged hospital stay and readmission in patients undergoing a ventral hernia repair

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* patients with elective ventral hernia repair in Denmark 2008

Exclusion criteria

* emergency repairs

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Length of hospital stay	participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 1 week	analyse factors associated with prolonged length of hospital stay (minimum 5 days).

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Readmission	30 days	reasons for readmission after a ventral hernia repair

Countries

Denmark

Outcome results