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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02712827
Date of registration: 10/03/2016
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: The University of Hong Kong
Public title: Comparison of Different Meshes in Laparoscopic Hernia Repair
Scientific title: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Short Term Outcomes of Self-gripping (Progrip) Mesh With Fibrin Glue Mesh Fixation in Laparoscopic Total Extraperitoneal (TEP) Inguinal Hernia Repair
Date of first enrolment: April 2016
Target sample size: 150
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02712827
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Single (Participant).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Hong Kong
Contacts
Name:     Dominic, Chi Chung Foo, MBBS
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Affiliation:  The University of Hong Kong
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age=18

- Unilateral inguinal hernia with large hernia defect size (>3cm)

- Bilateral inguinal hernias

- American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score: 1-2

- Provision of written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Any prior surgery for ipsilateral inguinal hernia (i.e. recurrent inguinal hernia)

- American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score: 3 or above

- History of major abdominal surgery that may result in difficulty in development of
preperitoneal space

- Subject is pregnant or breast feeding

- Any serious concomitant illness with short life expectancy

- Subject who is not able to attend follow up postoperatively



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Hernia, Inguinal
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Progrip
Procedure: Non-Progrip
Primary Outcome(s)
Chronic pain [Time Frame: 3 months post surgery]
Secondary Outcome(s)
mesh deployment time [Time Frame: 1 day]
quality of life [Time Frame: 1 year]
hernia recurrence rate [Time Frame: 1 year]
intraoperative complications [Time Frame: 1 day]
Secondary ID(s)
UW 16-042
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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