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Not Yet RecruitingNANCT05575141

Robotic Versus Open Comparison in the Surgical Treatment of Wide Abdominal Wall heRnias (ROCSTAR)

In the treatment of ventral incisional hernias, a mesh repair in the retromuscular plane is considered as the gold standard. To allow for adequate medialization of the fascial borders and a complete c...

Lead sponsor: Algemeen Ziekenhuis Maria Middelares•View source on ClinicalTrials.gov

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Contacts

Maaike Vierstraete, MD

CONTACT

+3293329500 maaikevierstraete@icloud.com

Sponsors

Lead Sponsor

Algemeen Ziekenhuis Maria Middelares

Age

18 - No limit years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Inclusion Criteria

•\- All patients requiring treatment of a wide ventral incisional hernia (of more than 8 centimetres in width)

Exclusion Criteria

•Pregnant or suspected pregnancy
•Not-curatively treated malignancy, with life expectancy less than 24 months
•Patients unable to give informed consent or complete study specific questionnaires
•Emergency surgery
•Primary ventral hernia repair
•Exclusively lateral hernias not involving the midline
•Incisional hernia repair after open abdomen or enterocutaneous fistula
•Active wound infection
•Previous anterior or posterior component separation
•Patients with an existing ostomy
•Patients with a life expectancy of less than 24 months
•Patients suspected of being unable to comply with the study protocol

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Data from ClinicalTrials.govLast updated on ClinicalTrials.gov: April 11, 2025Terms

Trial snapshot

StatusNOT_YET_RECRUITING

PhaseNA

Enrollment100

Start dateJul 2025

Last updatedApr 11, 2025

Condition

Ventral Incisional Hernia Abdominal Wall Hernia

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This clinical trial information is sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

ClinicalTrials.gov last update: April 11, 2025Data synced to Clareo: May 10, 2026

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