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Laparoscopic vs Open Hernia Mesh Repair for Inguinal Hernia

NCT00311935 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 350

Last updated 2009-02-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will determine whether laparoscopic and open hernia repair have the same recurrence and complication rates in the under 60yr old age group. The overall financial costs of each repair will also be compared.

Conditions

  • Hernia, Inguinal

Interventions

PROCEDURE

method of hernia repair

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Tyco Healthcare Group

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • Waitemata District Health Board

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Michael Rodgers, MBCHB,FRACS · Waitemata District Health Board

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-04-30
Completion
2010-05-31

Countries

  • New Zealand

Study Locations

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