Costs of Complications in Inguinal Hernia Repair

North Karelia Central Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Complication; Inguinal Hernia

Treatments: Procedure: inguinal hernia surgery

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02210416

NKCH-Surg-011

Details and patient eligibility

About

Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair is becoming increasingly popular mainly because of short-term advantages compared to open hernioplasties with mesh. In the prevailing economic climate, the total costs of treatment is a subject of intense research. This study is designed to evaluate the results of open and laparoscopic inguinal hernia repairs, with a special emphasis in costs of treatment, complications and convalescence.

Enrollment: 968 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 15+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients treated surgically for inguinal hernia between 2002-2011

Exclusion criteria

• none

Trial design

968 participants in 2 patient groups

LAP repair

Description:

patients receiving laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair

Treatment:

Procedure: inguinal hernia surgery

open repair

Description:

patients receiving open flat mesh repair of inguinal hernia

Treatment:

Procedure: inguinal hernia surgery