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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00966589
Date of registration: 21/08/2009
Primary sponsor: Kuopio University Hospital
Public title: Surgical or Conservative Treatment of Sportsman Hernia
Scientific title: Chronic Groin Pain and Sportsman Hernia of Athletes: Randomized Study Between Conservative Treatment and Laparoscopic Hernioplasty (TEP)
Date of first enrolment: January 2008
Target sample size: 50
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00966589
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Finland
Contacts
Name:   Hannu EK Paajanen, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Central Hospital of Mikkeli, Finland
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- severe groin pain lasting > 6 months

- sportsman hernia

Exclusion Criteria:

- other diagnosis ruled out by MRI and clinical examination



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 60 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Groin Pain
Intervention(s)
Procedure: laparoscopic hernioplasty (TEP)
Primary Outcome(s)
Decrease of groin pain measured by visual analogue scale (VAS) [Time Frame: 1 year]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Return to sport activities [Time Frame: 1 year]
Secondary ID(s)
KUH5204519
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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