TELESCOPIC DISSECTION VERSUS MODIFIED BALLOON DISSECTION IN LAPAROSCOPIC TOTAL EXTRAPERITONEAL REPAIR IN UNILATERAL INGUINAL HERNIA
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: K409- Unilateral inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/02/017392
- Lead Sponsor
- Armed Forces Medical College
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
18 years of age or older
Able to give informed consent
Unilateral inguinal hernia
Scheduled for elective inguinal hernia repair
Eligible to tolerate general anesthesia
Eligible to undergo minimally invasive inguinal hernia repair
Willing to undergo mesh-based repair
Exclusion Criteria
Younger than 18 years old
Unable to give informed consent
Bilateral Inguinal hernias
Emergent inguinal hernia repairs ( acute incarceration or strangulation)
Recurrent inguinal hernia with prior preperitoneal mesh
Unable to tolerate general anesthesia
Not eligible for minimally invasive inguinal hernia repair
Not willing to undergo mesh-based repair
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Operative timeTimepoint: [ Time Frame: Measured from start to end of <br/ ><br>procedure ] <br/ ><br>Total Operative time measured in minutes, from incision to end of procedure; operative times will be reported as mean and standard deviation or mean and interquartile ranges as appropriate. <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Inguinal hernia recurrence <br/ ><br>Timepoint: [ Time Frame: 6 months] <br/ ><br> 6 month inguinal hernia recurrence rate; rate will be reported in number and percent as appropriate.;Intra-operative complications <br/ ><br>Timepoint: [Time Frame: Intraoperative complications recorded during the procedure ] <br/ ><br>Rate of any Intra-operative complications; rate will be reported in number and percent as appropriate.;Pain <br/ ><br>Timepoint: [ Time Frame: Postoperative day 1, Postoperative day 7 and Postoperative day 30 ] <br/ ><br>Early postoperative pain scores; Pain scores measured with the Visual Analog Scale pain score at postoperative days 1, 7 and 30. Pain ratings will be reported as mean and standard deviations as appropriate.