NCT01520857

Spinal Versus General Anesthesia for Transabdominal Preperitoneal (TAPP) Repair of Inguinal Hernia

A Controlled Randomized Trial Comparing Spinal Versus General Anesthesia for Transabdominal Preperitoneal (TAPP) Repair of Inguinal Hernia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 140 (actual)
• Sponsor: Larissa University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of the study is to assess whether spinal anesthesia is superior to the standard general anesthesia or not for patients undergoing transabdominal preperitoneal inguinal hernia repair (TAPP).

Detailed description

Anesthesia for laparoscopic procedures, including transabdominal preperitoneal inguinal hernia repair(TAPP) is synonymous with general anesthesia because of the adverse effects of the CO2 pneumoperitoneum on the awake patient, and regional anesthesia is preferred only in patients where general anesthesia is contraindicated. Α pilot study of our hospital has recently shown the feasibility to perform successfully and safely transabdominal preperitoneal inguinal hernia repair with low pressure CO2 pneumoperitoneum under spinal anesthesia.After this pilot study and based on previous experience in regional anesthesia for laparoscopic procedures, we designed a controlled randomized trial in order to compare spinal anesthesia with the standard general anesthesia for patients undergoing transabdominal preperitoneal inguinal hernia repair (TAPP).

Conditions

• Postoperative Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Transabdominal Preperitoneal repair of inguinal hernia	Transabdominal Preperitoneal (TAPP) repair of inguinal hernia using CO2 pneumoperitoneum under spinal anesthesia
PROCEDURE	Transabdominal Preperitoneal repair of inguinal hernia	Transabdominal Preperitoneal (TAPP) repair of inguinal hernia using CO2 pneumoperitoneum under general anesthesia

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-10-01
• Primary completion: 2015-05-01
• Completion: 2015-05-01
• First posted: 2012-01-30
• Last updated: 2017-03-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Greece