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Is the Use of Prolene as Sufficient as the Use of Wire in Shouldice Surgery to Keep the Recurrence Rate Low After One Year?

NCT05879770 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 1400

Last updated 2023-05-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

When conducting the Shouldice procedure the 4-layer suture of the transversalis fascia is usually done with Prolene worldwide. At the Shouldice hospital the wire has originally been used for these augmentation. During the last decade several Shouldice Surgeons started to use the Prolene due to occasional delivery problems of the wire from Germany.

The 1-year- recurrence rate at the Shouldice hospital is 1,15% (mainly wire-use). The published 1-year recurrence rate in Europe is 2%.

As quality assessment, this project intends to evaluate these two options for suturing (wire vs Prolene) in the elective inguinal hernia patient in terms of 1-year recurrence rate. The population of focus will be those who had a primary or secondary inguinal hernia operation at Shouldice Hospital and the project is estimated to take 3 months.

Conditions

  • Inguinal Hernia

Interventions

OTHER

suture material

Some patients have had a shouldice repair with wire in the past and others with Prolene.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Shouldice Hospital

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-09-01
Primary Completion
2024-01-01
Completion
2024-03-01

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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