Testicular Vascular Evaluation in Patients Undergoing Inguinal Hernia Repair

Istituto Auxologico Italiano

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Testicular Diseases; Inguinal Hernia

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Ecocolordoppler ultrasound testicular evaluation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03056027

IAI - URO/CHIR - TEP/OPEN

Details and patient eligibility

About

Patients scheduled to undergo laparoscopic preperitoneal or open inguinal hernia repair will be evaluated by means of scrotal/testicular ecocolordoppler ultrasound investigation before and after surgery in order to rule out the potential impact of the surgical procedure on testicular arterial and venous blood flow

Full description

Patients scheduled to undergo laparoscopic preperitoneal or open inguinal hernia repair will be evaluated by means of scrotal/testicular ecocolordoppler ultrasound investigation before and after surgery in order to rule out the potential impact of the surgical procedure on testicular arterial and venous blood flow

Ecocolordoppler will evaluate:

1. testicular arterial flow (Peak Systolic Velocity Testicular Artery - End-Diastolic Velocity Testicular Artery - Resistive Index testicular Artery)
2. venous impaired outflow using varicocele classifications (DUBIN - scale 1-3; HIRSCH scale 1-5)
3. testicular volume

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Inguinal hernia with surgical indication for surgical repair

Exclusion criteria

• History of urologic surgery and/or radiotherapy
• Recurrence of inguinal hernia

Trial design

40 participants in 2 patient groups

Group Open

Description:

Patient submitted to open inguinal hernia repair

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Ecocolordoppler ultrasound testicular evaluation

Group extraperitoneal laparoscopic

Description:

Patients submitted to total extraperitoneal laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Ecocolordoppler ultrasound testicular evaluation