Testicular Vascular Evaluation in Patients Undergoing Inguinal Hernia Repair

• Conditions: Inguinal Hernia; Testicular Diseases
• Interventions: Diagnostic Test: Ecocolordoppler ultrasound testicular evaluation

• Registration Number: NCT03056027
• Lead Sponsor: Istituto Auxologico Italiano

Brief Summary

Patients scheduled to undergo laparoscopic preperitoneal or open inguinal hernia repair will be evaluated by means of scrotal/testicular ecocolordoppler ultrasound investigation before and after surgery in order to rule out the potential impact of the surgical procedure on testicular arterial and venous blood flow

Detailed Description

Patients scheduled to undergo laparoscopic preperitoneal or open inguinal hernia repair will be evaluated by means of scrotal/testicular ecocolordoppler ultrasound investigation before and after surgery in order to rule out the potential impact of the surgical procedure on testicular arterial and venous blood flow

Ecocolordoppler will evaluate:

1. testicular arterial flow (Peak Systolic Velocity Testicular Artery - End-Diastolic Velocity Testicular Artery - Resistive Index testicular Artery)

2. venous impaired outflow using varicocele classifications (DUBIN - scale 1-3; HIRSCH scale 1-5)

3. testicular volume

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2017-02
• Study Start: 2017-02
• Study First Submitted: 2017-02-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-02-14
• Study First Posted: 2017-02-16
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-02-16
• Last Update Posted: 2017-02-17
• Primary Completion: 2017-10-30
• Study Completion: 2018-02-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• Inguinal hernia with surgical indication for surgical repair

Exclusion Criteria

• History of urologic surgery and/or radiotherapy
• Recurrence of inguinal hernia

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Group extraperitoneal laparoscopic	Ecocolordoppler ultrasound testicular evaluation	Patients submitted to total extraperitoneal laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair
Group Open	Ecocolordoppler ultrasound testicular evaluation	Patient submitted to open inguinal hernia repair

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Changes in arterial and venous testicular vascularization before and after inguinal hernia repair	Preoperatively - 1 and 4 months after surgery	evaluation testicular of arterial and venous blood flow by means of ecocolordoppler ultrasound

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Andrea Cestari; 🇮🇹 Milano, Italy