Influence of three different techniques of anesthesia on chronic pain and functional outcome following open hernia repair
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Patients undergoing open hernioplasty
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 72
Inclusion Criteria
All patients with ASA 1 & 2 status undergoing elective open hernioplasty
Exclusion Criteria
Unwilling patients, patients who were not able to understand the COMI hernia assessment tool, laparoscopic procedures, patients who were allergic to the drugs used in this study were excluded
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method COMI-Hernia Score was done using COMI-Hernia Assessment toolTimepoint: preoperative and 6 month postoperative
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Dynamic Pain relief was assessed using VAS score at five specified activities- sitting, walking, climbing, during micurition and coughingTimepoint: first 3 post operative days at around 6 PM in the evening;Rest Pain relief was assessed using VAS score at restTimepoint: on the day of surgery and first 3 postoperative days at around 6 PM in the evening