Chronic Pain After Inguinal Herniorrhaphy

University Hospital, Gentofte, Copenhagen

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Inguinal Hernia

Treatments: Procedure: Inguinal herniorrhaphy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00226161

171178

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair leads to a lower incidence of chronic pain compared to open herniorrhaphy.

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Primary inguinal hernia

Exclusion criteria

• History of severe mental illness or chronic pain elsewhere

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind