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Comparing the Quality of Life After Nylon Darn Repair of Inguinal Hernia to Polypropylene Mesh Repair

NCT04149847 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 158

Last updated 2019-11-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Inguinal hernia repair may be done by the nylon darn, polypropylene mesh and other methods. Polypropylene mesh is established in the literature as the standard of care for inguinal hernia repair. It is however expensive and not readily available in our community hospitals. Nylon darn repair is widely used in our hospitals. We think that the quality of life following nylon darn repair and polypropylene mesh repair is similar. In order to find out, we are recruiting 79 patients to undergo nylon darn repair for their inguinal hernia and another 79 patients to undergo polypropylene mesh repair for their inguinal hernia repair.

We are doing research to compare the quality of life after nylon darn repair of inguinal hernia to polypropylene mesh repair in patients aged 18 years to 80 years who come to St. Luke Hospital for their first-ever inguinal hernia repair.

Conditions

  • Hernia, Inguinal
  • Hernia Direct
  • Hernias Indirect
  • Quality of Life

Interventions

PROCEDURE

inguinal hernia repair

patients 18 years and above presenting with primary inguinal hernia

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • West African College of Surgeons

    collaborator OTHER

  • Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Edward Amoah Boateng

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Edward A Boateng, MBChB,MGCS,MWACS · West African College of Surgeons

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-11-01
Primary Completion
2020-06-30
Completion
2020-09-29

Countries

  • Ghana

Study Locations

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