Inguinal Hernia Repair and Male Fertility

University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Inguinal Hernia Bilateral

Treatments: Procedure: Bilateral hernioplasty

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05799742

45535015.40000.0068

Details and patient eligibility

About

General objective: To evaluate the fertility of adult men submitted to bilateral herniorrhaphy with mesh placement by the Lichtenstein and laparoscopic approaches

Full description

Specific objectives: To correlate pre and postoperative data (90 and 180 days) of adult men, according to biochemistry parameters (hemogram and CRP), autoimmune (anti-sperm antibodies), hormonal (FSH, LH and testosterone), perfusion and volume testicular (USG of testicles with Doppler), spermogram, sexual changes, pain and quality of life (standard questionnaires).

Enrollment: 37 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 19 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Male
• Age between 19 and 60 years old
• Bilateral inguinal hernia
• Primary and reducible inguinal hernia

Exclusion criteria

• Age less than 19 or more than 60 years old
• ASA >III
• Genito-urinary infection
• Immunodeficiency
• History of testicular trauma2
• History of surgery or pelvic radiotherapy
• History of testicular disease
• Fertility problems or sexual
• Illness that can be infertile
• Recurrent hernia
• Unilateral hernia
• Femoral or inguine-scrotal hernia
• Imprisoned hernia
• Use of Gonadotrophins
• Use of anabolic steroids

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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37 participants in 2 patient groups

Lichtenstein

Active Comparator group

Description:

Conventional approach

Treatment:

Procedure: Bilateral hernioplasty

Laparoscopy

Experimental group

Description:

Experimental approach

Treatment:

Procedure: Bilateral hernioplasty