Minimal Access Repair of Contralateral Hernias (MARCH Trial)

Institute of Child Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Unilateral Inguinal Hernia

Treatments: Procedure: Repair of unilateral inguinal hernia

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00293995

04SG07

Details and patient eligibility

About

Repair of unilateral inguinal hernia in infants. Laparoscopic repair, with closure of contralateral patent processus vaginalis if present, versus open repair

Enrollment: 360 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 1 year old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• unilateral inguinal hernia

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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360 participants in 2 patient groups

Laparoscopic repair

Other group

Description:

Laparoscopic repair, with closure of contralateral patent processus vaginalis

Treatment:

Procedure: Repair of unilateral inguinal hernia

Open repair

Other group

Description:

Open repair

Treatment:

Procedure: Repair of unilateral inguinal hernia