Short Stitch Versus Traditional Suture for the Prevention of Incisional Hernia After Open Hepatectomy
Recruiting
Phase 2
Interventional Study
Liver and Intrahepatic Bile Duct Neoplasm
Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Liver
Primary Malignant Liver Neoplasm
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
Prior Safety Data
This treatment has already been tested in at least one earlier human trial.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 and older
- Sex
- Any
- Trial phase
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Prevention
- Participants needed
- 140 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center · Other
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About This Trial
This clinical trial compares two different kinds of surgical closing techniques, short stitch suture or traditional suture, in patients who are having liver tumor surgery. This study may help researchers learn if one technique can lower the chances of developing a hole in the wall of the abdomen (an abdominal hernia) at the incision site better than the other.
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients undergoing hepatectomy for malignant diagnosis (primary or secondary) from 5/1/2021 through 11/1/2024 will be eligible for inclusion in this study
* Elective surgery
* Age \>= 18
* Planned midline laparotomy incision or inverted-L incision
Exclusion Criteria:
* Pre-…
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