Relationship Between Constipation and Inguinal Hernia

Siverek Devlet Hastanesi

Status: Completed

Conditions: Constipation; Inguinal Hernia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02749682

74059997.050.01.04/78

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to asses the effect of chronic constipation on formation of inguinal hernia using Constipation Severity Scale.

Full description

Causes of inguinal hernia are known to be multifactorial, although not fully understood. Besides family history, and connective tissue diseases, the sudden increase in abdominal pressure as heavy lifting, chronic constipation , coughing, straining , situations such as difficulty urinating facilitate the formation and emergence of hernia.

Constipation severity scale(CSS) was developed by Varma et al in 2008. CSS is a scale to determine the individuals defecation frequency, the intensity and difficulty during defecation.CSS has three subscales including Pain, Congestion stool and Large Intestine laziness(0-73 points).High scores indicate that serious symptoms.

Investigators found no studies that show how constipation impact on groin hernias. Investigators are planning to understand the effect of constipation on direct and indirect hernia formation.

Enrollment: 200 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 78 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• healthy volunteers(n:100)
• patients above age of 18(n:100)
• patients with groin hernia(n:100)

Exclusion criteria

• previous inguinal hernia surgery
• patients who did not accept the procedure
• patients under age of 18

Trial design

200 participants in 2 patient groups

constipation & hernia group

Description:

The effect of constipation on study group whether there is a correlation between subgroups of operated patients on the view of direct and indirect hernias(Nyhuss classification).

constipation & normal population

Description:

The level of constipation on normal population using constipation severity scale.