Stapler Versus Glue for Laparoscopic Groin Hernia Repair

• Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
• Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
• Main ID: NCT00793286
• Date of registration: 18/11/2008
• Prospective Registration: No
• Primary sponsor: University Hospital Inselspital, Berne
• Public title: Stapler Versus Glue for Laparoscopic Groin Hernia Repair
• Scientific title: Stapler Versus Glue for Laparoscopic Groin Hernia Repair
• Date of first enrolment: August 2004
• Target sample size: 80
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00793286
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Phase: N/A

Countries of recruitment

Switzerland

Contacts

• Name: Guido Beldi, MD
• Affiliation: Dep. of Visceral and Transplantsurgery, Bern University Hospital

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- patients scheduled for laparoscopic primary inguinal hernia repair

- uni- or bilateral patients with recurrent hernias after anterior surgical technique

- written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- general contradictions for laparoscopy



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Inguinal Hernia

Recurrence

Pain

Intervention(s)

Procedure: Mesh fixation by glue

Procedure: Mesh fixation by staples

Primary Outcome(s)

Recurrence [Time Frame: 6 weeks, 6 months, 12 months postoperative]

Secondary Outcome(s)

intra- and postoperative complications [Time Frame: 6 weeks, 6 months, 12 months postoperative]

postoperative pain [Time Frame: 6 weeks, 6 months, 12 months postoperative]

sensibility disorder [Time Frame: 6 weeks, 6 months, 12 months postoperative]

Secondary ID(s)

KEK_89_04

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors