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Neurectomy Vs Nerve Sparing in Open Inguinal Hernia Repair

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Inguinal Hernia
Interventions
Procedure: Neurectomy in inguinal hernia repair
Procedure: nerve sparing in inguinal hernia repair
Registration Number
NCT03765268
Lead Sponsor
Services Hospital, Lahore
Brief Summary

It is a randomized controlled trial in which we are treating inguinal hernia patients with mesh hernioplasty and either neurectomy of iliohypogastric nerve and ilioinguinal neurectomy or preservation comparing post operative acute or chronic pain

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Male
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria
  • patients male, and age between 20 to 70 years Reducible inguinal hernia
Exclusion Criteria
  • Irreducible, obstructed or strangulated hernia uncontrolled diabetes

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
NeurectomyNeurectomy in inguinal hernia repairIn this group we did mesh hernioplasty of inguinal hernia with neurectomy of iliohypogastric and ilioinguinal nerve
Nerve Sparingnerve sparing in inguinal hernia repairIn this group we did mesh hernioplasty of inguinal hernia with preservation of iliohypogastric and ilioinguinal nerve
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
percentage of patients developing chronic inguinodynia3 months

Excruciating Pain measured by visual analog score (with 1 being minimum score and 10 being maximum score) for more than 3 months in inguinal region after open mesh hernioplasty for inguinal hernia

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Services Hospital Lahore

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Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

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