Shear-Wave Elastography

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Conditions studied: Ventral Incisional Hernia

In brief

Prospective cohort study of patients with midline ventral incisional hernia with a range of hernia morphology who plan to undergo open retromuscular VHR. Study groups: Study groups are selected across a range of morphology and based on factors known or suspected to affect the ability to achieve fascial closure. Control groups: The study plans to enlist 5 volunteers with no incisional hernia or prior laparotomy to establish internal baseline SWE values and interrater reliability. The study will also plan to recruit 5 patients undergoing primary laparotomy in order to correlate SWE findings with closure tension.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06306976

Run by

Prisma Health-Upstate

People needed

90

Starts

2024-04-18

Expected to finish

2027-08-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-12

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients >18 y/o.
• Midline ventral / incisional hernia.
• Plan for open retromuscular incisional hernia repair.

You may not qualify if…

• Prior VHR with mesh.
• Isolated subxiphoid (European Hernia Society (EHS) classification M1) or suprapubic hernias (EHS classification M5)
• History of flank incisions. M1 (midline position 1) is defined as the xiphoid process down to a point 3cm below the xiphoid. M5 (midline position 5) is defined as the pubis to a point 3cm above the pubis.
• Infected / contaminated cases.
• Plan for robotic, laparoscopic, or open onlay repair, or plan for primary (non-mesh) repair.

Where it is running

• Prisma Health — Greenville, South Carolina, United States

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