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Follow-up of Symptomless Inguinal and Ventral Hernias

NCT04683367 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 201

Last updated 2020-12-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The orifices of all inguinal and ventral (including Spigelian) hernias were carefully recorded at the beginning of laparoscopy (n=201) of other reason (cholecystectomy, fundoplication) in 2003-5. The patients with occult hernias (n=43) were followed-up 15 years to find out what percentage of hernias would become symptomatic.

Conditions

  • Hernia, Inguinal
  • Hernia, Ventral
  • Laparoscopy

Interventions

PROCEDURE

laparoscopic surgery

laparoscopic repair of hernia

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Kuopio University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hannu EK Paajanen, MD, PhD · department of Surgery, Kuopio Univ Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-01-01
Primary Completion
2020-11-30
Completion
2020-11-30

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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