As part of one of the region’s most respected academic medical centers, the Center for Abdominal Wall Reconstruction is able to offer certain patients access to advanced treatments through clinical trials that may not be offered at other hospitals.

Current Trials

The center is currently recruiting patients into a national clinical trial with LifeCell Corporation involving the assessment of early and long-term outcomes for 200 men undergoing open inguinal hernia repair (IHR).

Recruitment also began in June, 2009 for a study that will evaluate the safety and efficacy of Biomerix ReviveTM, a mesh used as a tension-free patch in male patients who are candidates for a primary, unilateral, open inguinal hernia repair (IHR).

An additional futuristic trial of interest involves the use of antiseptics for skin preparation to decrease infection.

Learn More:

• The Center for Abdominal Wall Reconstruction and Hernia Repair
• Inguinal (Groin) Hernias
• Inguinal (Groin) Hernia Treatment
• Sports, Umbilical, Incisional and Epigastric Hernias
• Meet Dr. Fitzgibbons