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Table 1 Course of examinations during the CONTINT trial

From: Design and current status of CONTINT: continuous versus interrupted abdominal wall closure after emergency midline laparotomy - a randomized controlled multicenter trial [NCT00544583]

Visit

1 (Screening)

2 (Operation)

3 (Day of discharge)

4 (30 days post operation)

5 (12 ± 1 months post operation)

Demographicsa and baseline clinical datab

X

X

   

Eligibility criteria

X

X

   

Randomization, surgical intervention

 

X

   

Clinical visit/telephone interviewc

  

X

X

X

Quality of lifed

   

X

X

Safetye

 

X

X

X

X

  1. aGender, date of birth, height (cm), weight (kg); bsmoking, diabetes mellitus, renal insufficiency, chronic pulmonary impairment, immunosuppressive treatment, anemia, malignant disease, American Society of Anesthesiologists score, Mannheim Peritonitis Index [13], indication, surgical intervention; cclinical visit/telephone interview outcome assessment, ultrasound of abdominal wall (only visit 5); dassessed by the Short Form (36) Health Survey (visit 4: by telephone); eserious adverse events.