The Transrectus Sheath Pre-peritoneal (TREPP) Technique for Strangulated Inguinal Hernia: a Case-series

University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Strangulated Inguinal Hernia

Treatments: Procedure: emergency transrectus sheath pre-peritoneal mesh repair (e-TREPP)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03935490

201900143

Details and patient eligibility

About

n the Sint Jansdal Hospital in Harderwijk, the Netherlands, the TREPP technique is the standard operating procedure for patients with inguinal hernia. Starting from 2006, this procedure has also been used on patients that presented with an acute strangulated inguinal hernia in the emergency department, instead of the more common Lichtenstein technique. The goal of this retrospective case series is to assess the feasibility of the TREPP technique in case of an acute strangulated inguinal hernia. Patient records from 2006 until 2016 will be used to search for patients treated for acute inguinal hernia in that period. After applying the in- and exclusion criteria, patients who are eligible for inclusion will be contacted by telephone. They will be asked if they are willing to visit the surgical outpatient department once and fill out two questionnaires. The data of these questionnaires will be analyzed and published.

Enrollment: 45 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Emergency surgery for suspected strangulated inguinal hernia (within 6 hours after admission)
• e-TREPP performed

Exclusion criteria

• No emergency surgery (for instance, surgery day after admission or later).
• No e-TREPP performed

Trial design

45 participants in 1 patient group

e-TREPP

Description:

Patients with strangulated inguinal hernia treated with e-TREPP

Treatment:

Procedure: emergency transrectus sheath pre-peritoneal mesh repair (e-TREPP)