Assessment of strangulated content of inguinal hernia spontaneously reduced during induction to anaesthesia through internal inguinal ring laparoscopy
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Strangulated herniaDigestive SystemFemoral hernia
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN78505062
- Lead Sponsor
- Korgialenio Benakio Red Cross Hospital (Greece)
- Brief Summary
2009 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19390280/ (added 15/07/2021)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 41
Inclusion Criteria
Patients aged 15 - 90 years undergoing an emergency operation due to incarcerated hernia with spontaneous hernia contents reduction before assessment of the strangulated content.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Poor physical condition not suitable for laparoscopy
2. American Society of Anaesthesiology (ASA) status more than three
3. Denied the randomisation procedure
4. Sepsis at admission
5. A proved direct incarcerated hernia during exploration
6. Incarcerated hernia contents remained in situ (did not reduce spontaneously) until assessment
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method