ow density versus high density meshes in patients with bilateral inguinal hernia

Completed

• Conditions: Bilateral inguinal hernia; Digestive System; Hernia

• Registration Number: ISRCTN81349560
• Lead Sponsor: The Santa Cristina University Hospital (Hospital Universitario Santa Cristina)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-06-24
• Last Update Posted: 17 October 2016

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 67

Inclusion Criteria

1. Age >18
2. No significant comorbidity
3. Clinical symmetrical hernias
4. Simple non-recurrent hernias
5. No associated femoral hernia
6. Participant consent

Exclusion Criteria

1. Age <18 years
2. Senior patients with significant comorbidity
3. Clinically asymmetrical hernias
4. Recurrent hernias
5. Complicated hernias (incarceration or strangulation)
6. Presence of associated femoral hernia
7. Patient cannot give consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Outcomes measured on 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th postoperative day, and one year after surgery:<br>1. Postoperative pain measured by visual analogue scale<br>2. Complications following procedure comparing lightweight mesh and heavyweight mesh<br>3. Self-reported feeling of a foreign body following surgery<br>4. Recurrence of bilateral inguinal hernia comparing lightweight mesh and heavyweight mesh

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
There are no secondary outcome measures.