MRI Findings in Inguinal Hernia

North Karelia Central Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Inguinal Hernia; Pain

Treatments: Procedure: MRI scan

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01505686

NKCH-Surg-008

Details and patient eligibility

About

MRI imaging in clinically evident inguinal hernia is not routinely used. In other painful inguinal conditions (such as sportsmans hernia) inflammatory changes have been detected. The aim of the present study is to determine, whether similar inflammatory changes can be detected with MRI scan in inguinal hernia. Also, patient questionaires are used preoperatively and postoperatively to determine, if preoperative pain scores can be used as a predictive value for postoperative prolonged pain/neuralgia.

Enrollment: 22 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age < 50 years
• painful inguinal hernia

Exclusion criteria

• conditions that do not allow the use of MRI
• conditions that prevent general anesthesia

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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22 participants in 1 patient group

study group

Experimental group

Description:

All patients in this study have MRI scan prior to hernia repair surgery. If inflammatory changes are present, the scan is repeated 6 months after surgery. If not, the scan is performed only if the patient has pain problems at 6 months.

Treatment:

Procedure: MRI scan