Detailed Pain Pattern After Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair

Zealand University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Femoral Hernia; Inguinal Hernia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01105039

SJ-125X

Details and patient eligibility

About

Pain after laparoscopic groin hernia repair consist of different pain components (overall pain, shoulder pain, incisional pain and visceral pain). Thus it is important to find out which of these pain components that is most severe, so intervention can be targeted.

Full description

Details about the components of early pain after laparoscopic groin hernia repair are lacking. A description of each component (overall pain, shoulder pain,incisional pain and visceral pain) is needed, so intervention against the different pain components can be targeted.

Patients fill out questionnaires about pain before operation and day 0-3 after operation.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 69 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• men
• 18-69 years
• uni- or bilateral hernia
• ASA I-II
• Danish speaking

Exclusion criteria

• bad compliance
• acute operation
• daily intake of opioids

Trial design

50 participants in 1 patient group

lap. hernia repair

Description:

undergoing laparoscopic groin hernia repair