Prophylactic Ilioinguinal Neurectomy During Open Tension-Free Inguinal Hernia Repair
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- HernioplastyIlioinguinal Nerve SectionPain Prevention
- Interventions
- Procedure: ilioinguinal nerve section
- Registration Number
- NCT06327763
- Lead Sponsor
- Zagazig University
- Brief Summary
postoperative chronic inguinal pain is a common postoperative complication after open inguinal hernia repair.
Chronic inguinal pain is a common complication following open inguinal hernia repair. Ilioinguinal nerve entrapment is a common cause of this chronic pain which may adversely affect the patients' life. Ilioinguinal neurectomy seems to be beneficial in preventing such pain, but it carries the risk for numbness and hypoesthesia.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Male
- Target Recruitment
- 196
Inclusion Criteria
- the study included all adult patients operated on for unilateral inguinal hernia by Lichtenstein tension-free mesh hernioplasty with or without ilioinguinal neurectomy.
Exclusion Criteria
- patients with recurrent inguinal hernia, bilateral inguinal hernia repair, or huge inguinoscrotal hernia were excluded. Diabetic patients as well as, patients with suspected inguinal hernia recurrence at the time of the questionnaire were excluded.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description inguinal hernioplasty with ilioinguinal nerve section ilioinguinal nerve section -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method detect postoperative pain using short form inguinal pain questionnaire 3 months following operation then continous ask the patient for presence of postoperative pain using short form inguinal pain questionnaire
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
yasmine Hegab
🇪🇬Zagazig, Egypt