NCT04512469View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Study on the Efficacy of Prophylactic on Lay Mesh in Preventing Post-operative Hernia in Liver Transplant Patients

NANot yet recruitingINTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

100

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

September 30, 2020

Primary Completion Date

September 30, 2024

Study Completion Date

September 30, 2026

Conditions

Incisional Hernia of Anterior Abdominal Wall

Interventions

DEVICE

Low molecular weight mesh

Following liver implantation, the subcostal incision will be closed using a running fascial closure with absorbable 1-0 Polydioxanone (PDS) suture and staples, with the treatment group also receiving a mesh.

All Listed Sponsors

collaborator

Ethicon, Inc.

INDUSTRY

lead

London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's

OTHER

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