A clinical trial to study the effects of two types of sutures, stapler and under-the-skin suture, on skin closure in patients undergoing surgery for hernia in the groi
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: K409- Unilateral inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2018/08/015470
- Lead Sponsor
- Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research JIPMER
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
All adult patients with inguinal hernia undergoing elective open Lichtenstein tension free mesh repair in the Department of Surgery, JIPMER, Puducherry
Exclusion Criteria
(i)Patients with Recurrent Hernia
(ii)Patients with Obstructed Hernia, Strangulated Hernia and Hernia operated in Emergency setting
(iii)Patients with Bilateral Hernia
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Wound cosmesisTimepoint: prior to discharge, 15 days and 30 days after discharge
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method and number of analgesic dose requiredTimepoint: 24 hours post-op;Postoperative wound painTimepoint: at 6 hours, 12 hours and 24 hours post-operation;Rate of wound complications and SSITimepoint: prior to discharge, 15 days and 30 days after discharge;Time taken for closure proportionate to the length of the woundTimepoint: Intraoperative