U.S., July 23 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07720154) titled 'Hernia Sac Flap Coverage of Mesh in Bony-Edged Ventral Hernia Repair' on July 17.
Brief Summary: This trial asks whether covering the inner, bowel-facing surface of a hernia mesh with a flap of the patient's own hernia sac improves healing after repair of a complex ventral (abdominal wall) hernia in which one edge of the defect is bone - for example hernias next to the breastbone and ribs, above the pubic bone, or at the iliac crest.
In these "bony-edged" hernias the mesh is both hardest to fix and hardest to cover. There is no fascia on the bony side for the surgeon to stitch the mesh to, and the lining layer of the abdomen cannot...