Trial reportDeutsches Arzteblatt international2021
The Effect of an Abdominal Binder on Postoperative Pain After Laparoscopic Incisional Hernia Repair–A Multicenter, Randomized Pilot Trial (ABIHR-I) of the Intraperitoneal Onlay-Mesh Technique.
Trial report in Deutsches Arzteblatt international, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effect of abdominal compression device on patients after external hernia repair surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Medicine · 2025Pooled it
- The effect of an abdominal binder on postoperative outcome after open incisional hernia repair in sublay technique: a multicenter, randomized pilot trial (ABIHR-II).Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2023Trial
- Acupuncture for comorbid depression and insomnia in perimenopause: A feasibility patient-assessor-blinded, randomized, and sham-controlled clinical trial.Frontiers in public health · 2023Trial
- Abdominal binders in postoperative care: a scoping review.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Article
- A scoping review of outcome reporting in randomized controlled trials of incisional and non-incisional ventral hernia repair.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Article
- Non-operative considerations in relation to groin and ventral hernia repair: local consensus recommendations from the Danish Hernia Database.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025Review
- Non-Operative Considerations in Relation to Parastomal Hernia.Journal of abdominal wall surgery : JAWS · 2025Review
- Consensus in ERAS protocols for ventral hernia repair: evidence-based recommendations from the ACHQC QI Committee.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2024Article
- Is There a Clinical Benefit of Abdominal Binders After Abdominal Surgery: A Systematic Literature Review.Journal of abdominal wall surgery : JAWS · 2024Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundIncisional hernias with apertures measuring less than 7 cm can generally be treated adequately with the laparoscopic intraperitoneal onlay-mesh (IPOM) technique. The wearing of an abdominal binder after surgery is often recommended in order to promote wound healing and prevent recurrent herniation. We carried out a multicenter, randomized pilot trial to evaluate the utility of abdominal binders.
methodsThe trial was conducted from May 2019 to December 2020. Persons with a laparoscopic IPOM procedure for treatment of an incisional hernia were included in the trial and randomized preoperatively (1:1). The patients in the abdominal binder group wore an abdominal binder during the day for 14 days after surgery, while those in the control group wore no binder. The primary endpoint was pain at rest on postoperative days 1, 2, and 14, as measured on a visual analog scale. The secondary endpoints were overall subjective well-being, the rates of wound infection, recurrence, and complications, mobility, and the rate and size of postoperative seromas (on postoperative days 1, 2, and 14).
resultsForty patients were included. Three were excluded because of conversion to an open surgical technique. The biometric and perioperative data of the abdominal binder group (n = 18) and the control group (n = 19) did not differ to any statistically significant extent. The patients in the binder group had significantly less postoperative pain (F [dfn, dfd]) 4.44, 95% confidence interval [1; 35]; p = 0.042).The patients in the binder group also had better overall subjective well-being and a higher rate of postoperative seroma formation, but these differences did not reach statistical significance. There was less limitation of mobility than in the control group; however, this difference also did not attain statistical significance.
conclusionAn abdominal binder may reduce pain after incisional hernia repair with the IPOM technique. The postoperative use of analgesic medication was not measured.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.