A Phase 2/3 interventional study of vancomycin-soaked mesh and plain mesh in Patients Undergoing Open Hernia Repair and Patients Undergoing Ventral or Inguinal Hernia Repair, sponsored by University of Saskatchewan. Status unknown at 1 site in Canada. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2013-05-22.
Sponsored by University of Saskatchewan · Phase 2/3, Interventional, and Prevention
Soaking meshes in a vancomycin solution just prior to their use in open hernia repairs will decrease rates of mesh infection
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standard practice of using plain mesh (non vancomycin-soaked) for open hernia repair
Procedure: plain mesh
use of vancomycin-soaked mesh for open hernia repair
Procedure: vancomycin-soaked mesh
Also known as: non vancomycin-soaked mesh
mesh infections
Time frame: 6 months
hernia recurrence
Time frame: 6 months
postoperative seroma formation
Time frame: 6 months
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