Drainage Versus Sealant in Double Blinded Monocentric Open Incisional Hernia Repair

Drainage Versus Sealant in Double Blinded Monocentric Open Incisional Hernia Repair

Mesh repair for open incisional hernia repair with fibrin sealant or with drainage

Inclusion Criteria:

• All patients with a large incisional hernia >5cm diameter that needs elective repair with mesh augmentation

Exclusion Criteria:

• no written informed consent
• 'hostile' abdomen
• emergency surgery (incarcerated hernia)
• parastomal hernia
• incisional hernia outside the midline
• recurrent incisional hernia