Neurectomy Vs Nerve Sparing in Open Inguinal Hernia Repair

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

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Key information

Conditions

Inguinal Hernia Hernia Hernia, Abdominal Hernia, Inguinal Pathological Conditions, Anatomical Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Age range

20 year–70 year

Sex eligibility

Male

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Services Hospital Lahore

Lahore, Punjab Province, 54000, Pakistan

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

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

Exclusion criteria

Irreducible, obstructed or strangulated hernia uncontrolled diabetes

Treatment and study plan

Neurectomy in inguinal hernia repair

Procedure

Mesh hernioplasty of inguinal hernia with neurectomy of ilioinguinal and iliohypogastric nerve

nerve sparing in inguinal hernia repair

Procedure

Mesh hernioplasty of inguinal hernia with sparing of ilioinguinal and iliohypogastric nerve

Primary outcomes

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

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Services Hospital, Lahore

Other Gov

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2017
Primary completion: 2018
Study completion: 2018
First posted: Dec 5, 2018
Registry last updated: Feb 5, 2019

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