Active clinical trials for "Hernia, Inguinal"

The primary aim of the HIPPO study is to identify compliance to audit standards (pre-operative and intraoperative) standards for the repair and management of inguinal hernia. A prospective, multicentre, cohort study will be delivered by NIHR Unit on Global Surgery globally. Mini-teams of up to five collaborators per data collection period will prospectively collect data over a continuous 28-day period at each participating centre. This will be on consecutive patients undergoing elective and/or emergency primary inguinal hernia surgery, with follow-up to 30 postoperative days.

When conducting the Shouldice procedure the 4-layer suture of the transversalis fascia is usually done with Prolene worldwide. At the Shouldice hospital the wire has originally been used for these augmentation. During the last decade several Shouldice Surgeons started to use the Prolene due to occasional delivery problems of the wire from Germany. The 1-year- recurrence rate at the Shouldice hospital is 1,15% (mainly wire-use). The published 1-year recurrence rate in Europe is 2%. As quality assessment, this project intends to evaluate these two options for suturing (wire vs Prolene) in the elective inguinal hernia patient in terms of 1-year recurrence rate. The population of focus will be those who had a primary or secondary inguinal hernia operation at Shouldice Hospital and the project is estimated to take 3 months.

The study attempts to quantify the relative risks for acute postoperative pain, complications rate, chronic postoperative pain (CPIP) and recurrence rate after different methods of repair of groin, umbilical and incisional hernia depending on surgical technique, mesh type and fixation suture material. For this purpose the investigators will analyze data from the Kalinigrad Hernia Registry (KHR).

The most common symptom after an inguinal hernia is postoperative pain. According to the severity of the pain, the quality of life of the patient is also affected. There are many factors associated with postoperative pain. In this study, the results related to the factors affecting postoperative pain were investigated.

This trial will compare laparoscopic and robotic-assisted inguinal hernia repairs, using the Versius® system. We will initially aim to recruit 60 patients (20 patients in the laparoscopic arm and 40 in the robotic arm) in order to assess the ergonomic impact of each modality on the operating surgeon. This aims to provide in vivo information on whether robotic surgery provides any advantages to the operating surgeon. This trial will also be used to assess the feasibility of recruitment to a future larger study, and any data collected will be used as pilot data.

This will be a multi-center prospective observational study of all patients who undergo laparoscopic pyloromyotomy. Subjects who have PPV will be followed up to just before their 18th birthday through annual phone calls or emails to determine the incidence and timing of subsequent inguinal hernia.

Background: Multimodal analgesia (MMA) is the current standard practice to provide postoperative analgesia. The aim of this study is to compare the analgesic efficacy of quadratus lumborum (QL) block versus transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block versus caudal block as an adjunct to MMA. Methods: In a prospective, randomized, controlled study, 180 children of age 2 8 years and ASA grade Ӏ and ӀӀ, undergoing elective inguinal hernia surgery will be randomly allocated into 3 groups: Group Q (n = 60) will receive USG guided QL block with 0.7mL/kg of 0.25% bupivacaine and Group C (n = 60) will receive caudal block with 1mL/kg of 0.25% bupivacaine and Group T (n = 60) will receive USG guided TAP block with 0.5mL/kg of 0.25% bupivacaine. Postoperatively, all the subjects will be assessed at 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 18, and 24 hours. The primary outcome will be the time to first analgesic request. The secondary outcomes will be the pain scores during rest and movement, number of doses of morphine, variation in hemodynamic parameters and adverse effects, if any.

To compare dexmedetomidine and midazolam for intra-op sedation in TIVA in children undergoing inguinal hernia repair. The results of the study if found significant will guide the anesthetist in appropriate choice and dose of sedative drug with highest efficacy and minimum side effects to avoid post operative adverse effects associated with anesthesia

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate patient quality-of-life (QOL) after inguinal hernia repair. "Carolinas Comfort Scale" (CCS) assessments will be held at regular intervals. The secondary objective of the study is to follow short-term and long-term study-related complications/adverse events.

Inguinal hernia repair coincides with a high rate of postoperative pain, extending to over a year in 10-20% of patients. Although this is of major concern, early postoperative pain also has an important impact on patients and their ability to regain normal work and activities. Since inguinal hernia repair is the most frequently performed operation worldwide, a small reduction in loss of workdays can already have significant impact on financial issues. As for the origin of the pain, it might be the result of local inflammation caused by the mesh material, but also by nerve entrapment due to fixation techniques. The development of a new mesh which enables sutureless fixation, Cousin Biotech® Adhesix™, may overcome pain related to fixation techniques used in the open hernia repair procedure according to Lichtenstein. Furthermore, the Cousin Biotech® Adhesix™ mesh has already been in use in our institutions and surgeons familiarized themselves with the application. The investigators would like to conduct a multicentre randomised controlled clinical trial to compare the difference in early postoperative pain after unilateral primary inguinal hernia repair in males. The procedures will be performed in day surgery. Early postoperative pain is defined as the pain during the first month, with a special interest in the first two weeks. In addition, the investigators want to measure the possible benefit in terms of time to return to work, daily activities, quality of life, operation length, complications and long term postoperative pain.