Detailed Pain Pattern After Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair

Completed

• Conditions: Inguinal Hernia; Femoral Hernia

• Registration Number: NCT01105039
• Lead Sponsor: Zealand University Hospital

Brief Summary

Pain after laparoscopic groin hernia repair consist of different pain components (overall pain, shoulder pain, incisional pain and visceral pain). Thus it is important to find out which of these pain components that is most severe, so intervention can be targeted.

Detailed Description

Details about the components of early pain after laparoscopic groin hernia repair are lacking. A description of each component (overall pain, shoulder pain,incisional pain and visceral pain) is needed, so intervention against the different pain components can be targeted.

Patients fill out questionnaires about pain before operation and day 0-3 after operation.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-11
• Study First Submitted: 2010-04-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-04-14
• Study First Posted: 2010-04-16
• Primary Completion: 2010-08
• Study Completion: 2010-09
• Status Verified: 2011-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2011-04-15
• Last Update Posted: 2011-04-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• men
• 18-69 years
• uni- or bilateral hernia
• ASA I-II
• Danish speaking

Exclusion Criteria

• bad compliance
• acute operation
• daily intake of opioids

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Overall pain during coughing (visual analog scale)	3 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
shoulder pain during coughing (visual analog scale and verbal rating scale)	3 days
incisional pain during coughing (visual analog scale and verbal rating scale)	3 days
visceral pain during coughing (visual analog scale and verbal rating scale)	3 days

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Hospital Koge; 🇩🇰 Koge, Sealand, Denmark