Prone-position CT for Diagnosing Inguinal Hernia

Nagareyama Central Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hernia, Inguinal

Treatments: Radiation: supine- and prone-position Computed Tomography

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02939443

NCH 14-3

Details and patient eligibility

About

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of prone-position computed tomography (CT) for detecting and classifying inguinal hernia relative to supine-position CT before laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair.

Materials and Methods: Sixty-eight patients who underwent laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal repair of inguinal hernia were enrolled in this prospective study. Patients diagnosed with inguinal hernia by physical examination underwent abdominal CT in the supine and prone positions for preoperative assessment. The anatomy of the right and left inguinal regions was confirmed during the surgery and compared with the preoperative CT findings.

Enrollment: 68 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 89 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• inguinal hernia

Exclusion criteria

• emergency surgery for incarcerated hernia
• femoral hernia
• recurrent inguinal hernia after laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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68 participants in 1 patient group

cross-sectional study

Other group

Treatment:

Radiation: supine- and prone-position Computed Tomography