A single blind, randomized controlled study to compare Desarda technique with Lichtenstein technique by evaluating short and long term outcomes after three years of follow up in primary inguinal hernias.
Phase 2
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: K402- Bilateral inguinal hernia, withoutobstruction or gangreneHealth Condition 2: K409- Unilateral inguinal hernia, without obstruction or gangrene
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2018/09/015783
- Lead Sponsor
- KIMS Hospital and Research CEntre
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 123
Inclusion Criteria
All cases of inguinal hernia admitted for surgery
Above 18 years of age.
2. With a primary, reducible inguinal or inguino-scrotal hernia; unilateral or bilateral
Exclusion Criteria
Patients with:
1. Obstructive uropathy or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease- because they are contraindications to elective hernia surgery. They are associated with definite poor outcomes such as high recurrence rates.
2. Old and debilitated patients of poor general condition as they will be unable to give an accurate assessment of the
key outcomes of the operation.
3. Patients with strangulated hernia.
4. Recurrent Hernias.
5. Per operative finding of seperated,thin and/or weak external oblique aponeurosis
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method