NCT03056027

Testicular Vascular Evaluation in Patients Undergoing Inguinal Hernia Repair

Evaluation of the Impact of Open or Laparoscopic Preperitoneal Inguinal Hernia Repair on Arterial and Venous Testicular Vascularization by Means of Ecocolordoppler Ultrasound Examination

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Istituto Auxologico Italiano · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Patients scheduled to undergo laparoscopic preperitoneal or open inguinal hernia repair will be evaluated by means of scrotal/testicular ecocolordoppler ultrasound investigation before and after surgery in order to rule out the potential impact of the surgical procedure on testicular arterial and venous blood flow

Detailed description

Patients scheduled to undergo laparoscopic preperitoneal or open inguinal hernia repair will be evaluated by means of scrotal/testicular ecocolordoppler ultrasound investigation before and after surgery in order to rule out the potential impact of the surgical procedure on testicular arterial and venous blood flow Ecocolordoppler will evaluate: 1. testicular arterial flow (Peak Systolic Velocity Testicular Artery - End-Diastolic Velocity Testicular Artery - Resistive Index testicular Artery) 2. venous impaired outflow using varicocele classifications (DUBIN - scale 1-3; HIRSCH scale 1-5) 3. testicular volume

Conditions

• Inguinal Hernia
• Testicular Diseases

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Ecocolordoppler ultrasound testicular evaluation	Ecocolordoppler ultrasound testicular evaluation

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-02-01
• Primary completion: 2017-10-30
• Completion: 2018-02-28
• First posted: 2017-02-16
• Last updated: 2017-02-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy