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Robotic Versus Open Ventral Hernia Repair

Lucas Beffa · NCT05472987

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
200
US sites recruiting
5
Study start
July 25, 2022
Record last updated
August 14, 2026

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What the study is about

This is a randomized trial comparing open retromuscular ventral hernia repair to robotic retromuscular ventral hernia repair.

Being studied: Ventral Hernia Repair

Conditions: Ventral Hernia

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • 18 years and older
  • 7 cm to 15 cm wide hernia midline defects
  • BMI less than or equal to 45
  • Patient deemed both an open and robotic candidate by operating surgeon

Exclusion Criteria

  • 17 years old or younger
  • prisoners
  • pregnant patients
  • Emergent patients
  • BMI greater than 45
  • Hernia defects less than 7 cm or greater than 15 cm in width

Recruiting US locations

  • University of Florida Health

    Gainesville, FL 32608

    Site contact: Mazen Al-Mansour, MBBS

  • University Hospitals

    Cleveland, OH 44106

    Site contact: Samuel Zolin, MD · 216-844-8741 · samuel.zolin@uhhospitals.org

  • Cleveland Clinic

    Cleveland, OH 44195

    Site contact: Lucas Beffa, MD · 216-445-5975 · Beffal@ccf.org

  • Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital

    Greenville, SC 29605

    Site contact: Abby Birrell · 864-522-2100 · abby.birrell@prismahealth.org

  • University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville

    Knoxville, TN 37920

    Site contact: Kaela Blake, MD · kblake@utmck.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Lucas Beffa, MD · 216-445-5975 · beffal@ccf.org
  • Riley Wilkinson, MD · wilkinr3@ccf.org
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