Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Observational [Patient Registry]
Official Title: Mini- or Less-Open Sublay Operation (MILOS) - a New Minimally Invasive Technique for the Extraperitoneal Repair of Incisional Hernias
Brief Summary: Prospective non-randomized observational register study of all elective symptomatic incisional hernias operated on in the Hernia Center of Reference of Gross Sand Hospital using the novel endoscopic assisted Mini- or Less-Open Sublay technique. The data of all patients were prospectively documented in the German Hernia Registry "Herniamed". The novel MILOS-technique allows the minimal invasive implantation of large extraperitoneal meshes for the treatment of primary and secondary incisional hernias.