Ilioinguinal Nerve Excision in Open Mesh Repair of Inguinal Hernia,a Randomized Clinical Trial

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Postoperative Pain; Postoperative Hyposthesia

Treatments: Procedure: elective ilioinguinal nerve excision

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00500214

Ilioinguinal nerve excision

Details and patient eligibility

About

this study was designed to evaluate the effect of routine excision of the ilioinguinal nerve in an attempt to decrease the incidence of chronic inguinodynia in patients who undergo open anterior hernia mesh repair.

Full description

As chronic pain is the 2nd most common complication following open hernia repairs and it causes limitations and dysfunctions for the patients and also according to some previous studies elective ilioinguinal neurectomy could result in less postoperative pain,we decided to perform a randomized double blind clinical trial.The primary goal of this study was evaluation of the effect of this type of neurectomy on postoperative pain and hyposthesia.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• having an age of over 18 years

Exclusion criteria

• Those with diabetes, incarcerated, bilateral and recurrent hernias and visual problems were excluded from the investigation.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind