Laparoscopic vs Open Bilateral Inguinal Hernia Repair

General Hospital of Larissa

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Inguinal Hernia Bilateral

Treatments: Procedure: Open bilateral inguinal hernia repair; Procedure: Laparoscopic bilateral inguinal hernia repair

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04679116

1726

Details and patient eligibility

About

The European Hernia Society Guidelines of 2018 suggest that laparoscopic surgery should be preferred over open surgery for bilateral inguinal hernia repair even though scientific evidence are scarce. We will conduct a prospective, non randomise control trial, to investigate the superiority of one technique over the other.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• bilateral inguinal hernia

Exclusion criteria

• American Society of Anaesthesiology score >3
• complicated inguinal hernias

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Laparoscopic

Other group

Description:

laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair, TAPP

Treatment:

Procedure: Laparoscopic bilateral inguinal hernia repair

Open

Other group

Description:

open inguinal hernia repair

Treatment:

Procedure: Open bilateral inguinal hernia repair