An interventional study of laparoscopic colectomy in Laparoscopic Colectomy, sponsored by McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre. Completed at 1 site in Canada. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-08-15.
Sponsored by McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
Incisional hernia (IH) is a common complication of midline laparotomy. Despite the hope that laparoscopic colon resection would result in fewer incisional hernias, prospective studies demonstrate a similar incidence to open surgery. Observational studies suggest that the rate of incisional hernia after laparoscopic colon resection may be reduced with the use of a transverse compared to a midline extraction incision. However, no randomized trails are available, and a midline extraction incision for hemicolectomy remains the standard current approach. The investigators hypothesize that the use of a lower abdominal transverse muscle splitting incision for specimen extraction in laparoscopic colon surgery will result in fewer incisional hernias compared to a midline periumbilical extraction incision.
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This study's enrollment of 165 is above the median of 80 across 739 interventional studies indexed under Hernia.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Procedure: laparoscopic colectomy
Procedure: laparoscopic colectomy
Laparoscopic segmental colectomy with planned abdominal extraction site
Incisional hernia
Time frame: one year
surgical site infection
Time frame: one month
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Time frame: one year
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