Effects of Lightweight Meshes in Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair on Quality of Life and Male Fertility Aspects

Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

Status: Completed

Conditions: Inguinal Hernia

Treatments: Device: lightweight VyproII; Device: Heavyweight Marlex; Procedure: laparoscopic (TEP) inguinal hernia repair; Device: lightweight TiMesh

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00925067

G.0457.04N

Details and patient eligibility

About

A randomized, prospective clinical trial analyzing whether the use of lightweight prostheses during laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair of male patients could have a beneficial effect on postoperative discomfort, chronic pain development, recurrence and male fertility aspects.

Enrollment: 59 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Primary, unilateral or bilateral, inguinal hernia patients
• Informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Sterilized patients

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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59 participants in 3 patient groups

lightweight TiMesh

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: lightweight TiMesh

Procedure: laparoscopic (TEP) inguinal hernia repair

lightweight VyproII

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: lightweight VyproII

Procedure: laparoscopic (TEP) inguinal hernia repair

Heavyweight Marlex

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Heavyweight Marlex

Procedure: laparoscopic (TEP) inguinal hernia repair