Neurectomy Vs Nerve Sparing in Open Inguinal Hernia Repair

February 2, 2019 updated by: Dr. SamiUllah, Services Hospital, Lahore
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

Study Overview

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

100

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • Punjab
      • Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, 54000
        • Services Hospital Lahore

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

20 years to 70 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Male

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • patients male, and age between 20 to 70 years Reducible inguinal hernia

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Irreducible, obstructed or strangulated hernia uncontrolled diabetes

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Neurectomy
In this group we did mesh hernioplasty of inguinal hernia with neurectomy of iliohypogastric and ilioinguinal nerve
Mesh hernioplasty of inguinal hernia with neurectomy of ilioinguinal and iliohypogastric nerve
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Nerve Sparing
In this group we did mesh hernioplasty of inguinal hernia with preservation of iliohypogastric and ilioinguinal nerve
Mesh hernioplasty of inguinal hernia with sparing of ilioinguinal and iliohypogastric nerve

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
percentage of patients developing chronic inguinodynia
Time Frame: 3 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
3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (ACTUAL)

January 1, 2017

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

July 1, 2018

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

July 1, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 13, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 4, 2018

First Posted (ACTUAL)

December 5, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

February 5, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 2, 2019

Last Verified

February 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • s9

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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