Impacts of Stoppa and Total Extraperitoneal Inguinal Hernia Repair on the Lower Extremity Muscular Functions

Akdeniz University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hernia, Inguinal

Treatments: Procedure: Total extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair; Procedure: Stoppa inguinal hernia repair

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02813057

201203

Details and patient eligibility

About

Comparison of physical activity parameters of the lower extremity muscles in patients who received total extraperitoneal repair (TEP) and STOPPA repair.

Full description

The patients were evaluated during the preoperative period and in the postoperative day 3, to achieve an isometric and isokinetic, objective assessment of the pain-related lower extremity muscular function changes.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Unilateral inguinal hernia

Exclusion criteria

• Contralateral hernia repair history
• Recurrent inguinal hernia
• Incarceration or strangulation
• Bilateral inguinal hernia
• Severe congestive heart failure
• Severe hypertension
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Systemic or neurologic diseases altering lower extremity functions

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Stoppa repair

Active Comparator group

Description:

Stoppa inguinal hernia repair

Treatment:

Procedure: Stoppa inguinal hernia repair

TEP repair

Experimental group

Description:

Total extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair

Treatment:

Procedure: Total extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair