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Day-case or Inpatient Care Following Inguinal Hernia Repair in Elderly Patients

NCT01041430 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 89

Last updated 2015-04-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of the study was to evaluate the feasibility of day surgery for elderly patients undergoing elective open inguinal hernia repair. Medically stable patients aged 65 years or older, with postoperative care available at home, were randomized to receive treatment either as day-cases or inpatients. Younger day-case patients undergoing the same procedure served as controls. Outcome measures during two postoperative weeks were complications, unplanned admissions and visits to the hospital, unplanned visits to primary health care and patients' acceptance of the type of provided care. The investigators expected to find a higher degree of satisfaction in the patient group receiving day-case care.

Conditions

  • Hernia, Inguinal

Interventions

OTHER

day surgery group

inguinal hernia repair, discharge from the hospital on the day of surgery

OTHER

inpatient group

inguinal hernia repair, patient admitted overnight to hospital

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Helsinki University Central Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kristiina Mattila, MD PhD · Helsinki University Central Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-02-28
Primary Completion
2008-02-29

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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