Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01141335
Polypropylene Mesh Versus Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Mesh in Inguinal Hernia Repair
Lichtenstein's Repair of Inguinal Hernia With Polypropylene Mesh Versus Infinit® PTFE Mesh, a Prospective Randomized, Double-blind, Controlled Trial
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 70 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University of Roma La Sapienza · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 65 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
To evaluate the safety and efficacy of the Lichtenstein's hernioplasty using Infinit® PTFE Mesh, and to compare it with the traditional Lichtenstein procedure performed with polypropylene mesh.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | polypropylene mesh | A Lichtenstein tension-free hernioplasty is performed using a polypropylene mesh will be fixed by sutures in Polypropylene 2/0. |
| DEVICE | Infinit® PTFE mesh (WL Gore) | A Lichtenstein tension-free hernioplasty is performed using a PTFE mesh will be fixed by sutures in PTFE 2/0. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2009-09-01
- Primary completion
- 2010-09-01
- Completion
- 2015-09-01
- First posted
- 2010-06-10
- Last updated
- 2016-11-22
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Italy
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01141335. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.