NCT02500056

Study Evaluating the Impact of Mesh Pore Size on Chronic Pain After Lichtenstein Hernioplasty

Single-centre Single-blinded Randomised Study Evaluating the Impact of Mesh Pore Size on Chronic Pain After Lichtenstein Hernioplasty

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 143 (actual)
• Sponsor: Tartu University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of the present study is to determine whether usage of mesh with larger pores, compared with mesh with smaller pores, would result in decreased rate of chronic pain after open inguinal hernia repair.

Detailed description

The aim of the present study is to determine whether usage of mesh with larger pores, compared with mesh with smaller pores, would result in decreased rate of chronic pain after open inguinal hernia repair. The patients are randomized into two study gropus receiving mesh with different pore size. Clinical follow-up examination will be performed 1 week, 1 month, 6 months and 3 years after the operation.

Conditions

• Inguinal Hernia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Optilene LP mesh	Lichtenstein hernioplasty
DEVICE	Ultrapro mesh	Lichtenstein hernioplasty

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-01-01
• Primary completion: 2012-04-01
• Completion: 2015-04-01
• First posted: 2015-07-16
• Last updated: 2017-07-11
• Results posted: 2017-06-06