Internal Hernias After Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
CompletedNCT01040364
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
The main goal of this study is to describe the trends in the incidence rate of internal hernia presentation after different modifications of the mesenteric closure technique after primary laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery from 1997-2009.
Study details
- Official title
- Incidence of Internal Hernias After Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Over the Last Decade: 1997 to 2008
- Conditions
- Internal Hernia
- Mesocolic Hernia
- Petersen´s Hernia
- Jejunojejunostomy Hernia
- Bowel Obstruction
- Ischemic Bowel
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
- Start date
- 2009-05
- Primary completion
- 2009-06
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * patient status post primary laparoscopic standard RYGB surgery who underwent internal hernia reduction and repair with any or the combination of the following: * closure of synchronous mesocolic or mesenteric space defects without incarcerated bowel * conversion to open (laparotomy) * small bowel resection with or without reversal * status post primary laparoscopic standard RYGB surgery with incidental finding of internal hernia space defect with or without bowel through the defect Exclusion Criteria: * any other type of re-operative surgery after primary standard RYGB * patient age \< 18 years * missing records and/or unreachable patients with scant information for analysis
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01040364