Inguinal hernia management: operation or observation? A randomised controlled multicenter trial.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- inguinal hernialiesbreuk
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 20
Inclusion Criteria
1. Unilateral inguinal hernia;
Exclusion Criteria
1. Gender: female;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The mean of 4 pain/discomfort scores during a follow-up period of 3 years.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALY) with quality weights measured with the EuroQol and in a sensitivity analysis with a transformed SF-36 utility weight, medical and non-medical costs and the event-free survival at 2 years.