Clinical trials: Fascial Closure
Wound Healing Disorder, Impaired Wound Healing
Treatment Study of Vacuum Assisted Closure for Postsurgical Subcutaneous Abdominal Wound Healing Impairments
This clinical study is performed in several German, Dutch and Belgian hospitals to evaluate the efficacy of Vacuum Assisted Closure® (V.A.C.®) for the treatment of postsurgical abdominal wound healing impairments after surgery.
- Conditions
- Wound Healing Disorder, Impaired Wound Healing, Abdominal Wound Healing Disorder, Abdominal Wound Healing Impairment
- Trial name
- SAWHI (NCT01528033)
- Testing
- Vacuum Assisted Closure®, Standard conventional wound therapy
- Where
- 15 sites in Belgium, Germany
- Volunteers
- 539 people
- Sponsor
- University of Witten/Herdecke
Hernia, Abdominal
Efficacy Study to Evaluate Laparoscopic Fascial Closure Device
During any minimally invasive surgery case, 5-25mm size incisions need to be made to gain access to the abdomen. One of the most difficult, time-consuming, and sometimes unreliable parts of the case is closing these incisions…
- Trial name
- NCT01024296
- Testing
- Port Close
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Ventral Incisional Hernia
Open Complex Ventral Incisional Hernia Repair Using Biosynthetic Material for Midline Fascial Closure Reinforcement
Prospective, multicenter, observational study to evaluate performance of GORE® BIO-A® Tissue Reinforcement when used to reinforce midline fascial closure in single-staged open complex ventral incisional hernia repair.
- Trial name
- COBRA (NCT01325792)
- Testing
- GORE® BIO-A® Tissue Reinforcement
- Where
- 9 sites in United States, Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 104 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- W.L.Gore & Associates