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The Efficacy of a Self-fixating Mesh in Unilateral Open Inguinal Hernia Repair

NCT01596049 · Status: TERMINATED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 7

Last updated 2017-08-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study's objective is to assess the efficacy of a Self-fixating mesh in the surgical repair of unilateral inguinal hernia, which is becoming the new standard of care in open surgical repair of inguinal hernia.

The study design is interventional, enrolling 300 patients above 18 years of age, admitted for elective repair in the surgical department of Rambam Medical Health Care Campus, an academic medical center.

The study will assess several outcomes including post-surgical pain, recurrence, quality of life and post surgical complications (e.g. wound infection, the formation of hematoma or seroma, etc).

Conditions

  • Primary Inguinal Hernia
  • Unilateral Hernia
  • Open Surgery

Interventions

DEVICE

Self-fixating Mesh

Using Self-fixating Mesh for Inguinal Hernia Repair

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Rambam Health Care Campus

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Adel Abu_Salih, M.D · Rambam health care campus, Haifa, Israel

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-05-31
Primary Completion
2017-08-31
Completion
2017-08-31

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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