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Table 1 Schedule for assessment, interventions, and follow-up

From: Impact of non-muscle cutting periumbilical transverse incision on the risk of incisional hernia as compared to midline incision during laparoscopic colon cancer surgery: a study protocol for a multi-centre randomised controlled trial

Time point

(visit number)

Baseline

V0

Operation

V1

1 month

V2

6 months

V3

12 months

V4

36 months

V5

Assessment

      

Eligibility assessment

      

Consent

X

     

Demographics

      

Baseline data

X

     

Colonoscopy

*

     

Operative outcomes

 

X

    

30-day morbidity

 

X

X

   

30-day mortality

 

X

X

   

Symptomatic hernia

  

X

X

X

X

Radiologic hernia

   

X

X

X

Pathologic report

  

*

   

Adjuvant chemotherapy

   

*

  

Body image questionnaire

    

X

 

SF-12

X

   

X

 
  1. Assessments undertaken as routine care for colon cancer are displayed with an asterisk
  2. SF-12, short form-12 health survey questionnaire