# Repair of Large Incisional Hernias - To Drain or Not to Drain Randomised Clinical Trial

> **NCT02163460** · PHASE2 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná** · enrollment: 42 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Ventral Hernia

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Drain
- **PROCEDURE:** Progressive Tension Sutures

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02163460
- **Lead sponsor:** Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE2
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2012-05
- **Primary completion:** 2013-01
- **Final completion:** 2014-01
- **Target enrollment:** 42 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2014-06-13

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02163460

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02163460, "Repair of Large Incisional Hernias - To Drain or Not to Drain Randomised Clinical Trial". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-03 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02163460. Licensed CC0.

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