Conservative Treatment For Ventral Hernia

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02263599

Enrollment

2089

Registered

2014-10-13

Start date

2014-09-30

Completion date

2015-04-30

Last updated

2023-07-13

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Conditions

Ventral Hernia

Brief summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate on which indication patients are offered operative treatment for their ventral hernia, and to investigate the natural course of ventral hernia in the population of patients not offered operation.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 120 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

All patients (older than 18 years) referred to the Surgical Department of Køge University Hospital from 2009 - 2014 with the diagnosis ventral hernia

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Percentage of conservatively treated ventral hernias that undergo surgery	5 years	Percentage of conservatively treated ventral hernias at the primary surgical consultation, that undergoes surgery (acute or elective) later on

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Percentage of patient with ventral hernia that are treated conservatively	5 years	Percentage of patient referred to Køge Surgical Department with ventral hernia that are treated conservatively instead of surgically

Countries

Denmark

Outcome results