Complications in Inguinal Hernia Surgery
- Conditions
- Inguinal Hernia
- Registration Number
- NCT01760395
- Lead Sponsor
- North Karelia Central Hospital
- Brief Summary
Inguinal hernia repair is the most common procedure in general surgery. Even with acceptable complication rates, thousands of patients worldwide suffer from inguinal hernia surgery complications every year. In Finland, the Finnish Patient Insurance Centre (FPIC) receives reports from surgical complications. In this study, the database of FPIC is used to compare the complication profiles of open and laparoscopic inguinal hernia surgery with mesh.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 335
- surgery between 2002 and 2010
- complicated inguinal hernia surgery reported to FPIC
- none
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method surgical complication 2 years
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
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