Mesh or Patch for Hernia on Epigastric and Umbilical Sites (MORPHEUS trial): Study protocol for a multi-centre patient blinded randomized controlled trial

BMC Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ponten, Jeroen E H ^a   Leenders, Bart J M ^b,f   Charbon, Jan A ^b   Lettinga Van De Poll, Tanja ^c   Heemskerk, Jeroen ^d   Martijnse, Ingrid S ^e   Konsten, Joop L M ^f   Nienhuijs, Simon W ^a  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Departement of Surgery St Jans Gasthuis Weert   (Netherlands)

^d LAURENTIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^f VIECURI MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complications; Costs; Epigastric; Hernia; Herniorraphy; Mesh repair; Pain; Proceed Ventral Patch; Recurrence; Umbilical

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; FOLLOW UP; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901983156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2482-14-33     Document Type: Article

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