Quality Control of Ventral Hernia Surgery by Prospective Registration

Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven5,000 enrolled

Overview

Quality Control of ventral hernia surgery in 21 Belgian hospitals by prospective registration in close collaboration with the Danish Hernia Database.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

5,000

Conditions

Ventral Incisional Hernia

Interventions

Hernia repairPROCEDURE

Primary or mesh repair of primary ventral or incisional hernia

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion criteria * Consecutively all patients with an elective or emergency repair of every ventral/incisional hernia (including parastomal hernia) * Male and female * 18 years or older * Operated of supervised by a participating surgeon (participating in this study is not necessarily by a whole surgical department of one of the 18 participating Belgian hospitals, but by specific surgeons) * Elective and emergency surgery * Signed informed consent form Exclusion criteria * Younger than 18 years * Not operated or supervised by participating surgeon * Pregnant at inclusion in the registry * No signed informed consent form

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Reoperation

reoperation and readmission rate for (mesh-related) complications or recurrence related) complications or recurrence reoperation and readmission rate for (mesh related) complications or recurrence reoperation and readmission rate for (mesh related) complications or recurrence reoperation and readmission rate for (mesh related) complications or recurrence reoperation and readmission rate for (mesh related) complications or recurrence reoperation and readmission rate for (mesh related) complications or recurrence reoperation and readmission rate for (mesh-related) complications or recurrence

Time frame: through study completion, an average of 2 years

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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