Different Laparoscopic Techniques for Management of Congenital Inguinal Hernia in Pediatrics

Assiut University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Congenital Inguinal Hernia

Treatments: Procedure: Total laparoscopic dissection of hernial sac; Procedure: Laparoscopic assisted hernia; Procedure: Laparoscopic hernia by purse string closure

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05919836

lap hernia in pediatrics

Details and patient eligibility

About

Comparison between multiple approaches of laparoscopic hernia ( percutaneous assisted laparoscopic hernia, purse string closure of hernial sac, total dissection of hernial sac).

Full description

In pediatric age, indirect inguinal hernia represents more than 95% of the hernial disease. It is a congenital type, in contrast with adulthood in which acquired forms are more frequently found.

Inguinal hernia repair is one of the most frequently performed surgical procedure in infants and young children. Laparoscopic hernia repair in infancy and childhood is still debatable. There are many techniques available for laparoscopic hernia repair in pediatrics.

Laparoscopic hernial repair is increasingly adopted even for neonates and has achieved a high success rate with low recurrence rate with long-term follow-up. The main advantages of laparoscopy are no incision of the fascia, exploration of the other side in case of bilateral hernia, and visualization and safeguarding of the vas deferens and the spermatic vessels. Moreover, it is advantageous over open technique in case of recurrent hernia. Different modalities of techniques have been used for repair such as needlescopic disconnection of hernia sac, flip flap technique, muscular arch repair, and ring closure.

Enrollment: 69 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 month to 5 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients in the age limit with congenital inguinal hernia

Exclusion criteria

• recurrent hernias
• cases inwhich laparoscopic surgery is contraindicated
• cases with collagen defect diseases

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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69 participants in 3 patient groups

Percutaneous assisted laparoscopic hernia

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Laparoscopic assisted hernia

Laparoscopic Purse string closure of hernial sac

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Laparoscopic hernia by purse string closure

Laparoscopic Total dissection of hernial sac

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Total laparoscopic dissection of hernial sac