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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN26433218
ISRCTN26433218
Completed
Not Applicable

The Total Extra Peritoneal (TEP) method versus the Transinguinal Preperitoneal Technique (TIPP) for inguinal hernia repair: A multicentre randomised controlled trial.

Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen (Netherlands)0 sites900 target enrollmentFebruary 22, 2010

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Inguinal hernia
Sponsor
Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen (Netherlands)
Enrollment
900
Status
Completed
Last Updated
11 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
February 22, 2010
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
11 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen (Netherlands)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Primary groin hernia, unilateral
  • 2\. Age \> 18, \< 80 years
  • 3\. American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) classification 1\-3
  • 4\. Signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Recurrences
  • 2\. Age \<18 or \>80 years
  • 3\. Scrotal hernia
  • 4\. ASA classification \>4
  • 5\. Acute incarcerated inguinal hernia
  • 6\. Psychiatric disease or other factors which make follow up or questionnaires unreliable
  • 7\. Previous preperitoneal surgery (e.g. radical prostatectomy)
  • 8\. Joint sessions (urology, vasectomy etc.)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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