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CompletedNCT03755219

Mesh and Mesh Fixation in Laparoscopic Groin Hernia Surgery

Mesh and Mesh Fixation in Laparoscopic Groin Hernia Surgery: A Swedish Hernia Registry Study

Status
Completed
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
38,450 (actual)
Sponsor
Bengt Novik · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
15 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The study attempts to quantify the relative risks for recurrence depending on complex combinations of plausible risk factors, in particular mesh, mesh fixation, hernia size and hernia type. For this purpose the investigators will analyze data from the Swedish Hernia Registry (SHR).

Detailed description

This is an open cohort study design where the investigators will analyze existing data that have been prospectively collected in the Swedish Hernia Registry (SHR), which covers \> 95% of all groin hernia repairs in Sweden. The very large cohort of more than 38,000 TEP (totally extraperitoneal) and TAPP (transabdominal preperitoneal) repairs enables assessment of the relative risks for recurrence depending on complex combinations of plausible risk factors, in particular mesh, mesh fixation, hernia size and hernia type, with fulfilling statistical power. Each participant was entered at the date of surgery, when demographic and intraoperative data were registered. Reoperations were registered in the SHR in the same manner as index repairs, and were used as endpoints.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
PROCEDURETEPBy laparoscopic (keyhole) approach, the hernia is repaired with a plastic mesh which the surgeon may or may not anchor with some sort of fixation device
PROCEDURETAPPBy laparoscopic (keyhole) approach, the hernia is repaired with a plastic mesh which the surgeon may or may not anchor with some sort of fixation device

Timeline

Start date
2005-01-01
Primary completion
2017-12-31
Completion
2018-12-31
First posted
2018-11-27
Last updated
2022-12-01

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03755219. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.