Complications in Inguinal Hernia Surgery
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01760395 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : January 4, 2013
Last Update Posted : October 14, 2015
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Sponsor:
North Karelia Central Hospital
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Sanna Kouhia, North Karelia Central Hospital
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Brief Summary:
Inguinal hernia repair is the most common procedure in general surgery. Even with acceptable complication rates, thousands of patients worldwide suffer from inguinal hernia surgery complications every year. In Finland, the Finnish Patient Insurance Centre (FPIC) receives reports from surgical complications. In this study, the database of FPIC is used to compare the complication profiles of open and laparoscopic inguinal hernia surgery with mesh.
Condition or disease |
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Inguinal Hernia |
Study Type : | Observational |
Actual Enrollment : | 335 participants |
Observational Model: | Cohort |
Time Perspective: | Retrospective |
Official Title: | Complications in Inguinal Hernia Surgery - a Nationwide Registry Study |
Study Start Date : | January 2002 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | December 2010 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | December 2012 |
Primary Outcome Measures :
- surgical complication [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
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Ages Eligible for Study: | 16 Years to 110 Years (Child, Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Sampling Method: | Non-Probability Sample |
Study Population
Finnish patients having had complicated inguinal hernia surgery 2002-2010.
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- surgery between 2002 and 2010
- complicated inguinal hernia surgery reported to FPIC
Exclusion Criteria:
- none
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Responsible Party: | Sanna Kouhia, MD, North Karelia Central Hospital |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01760395 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
NKCH-surg-010 |
First Posted: | January 4, 2013 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | October 14, 2015 |
Last Verified: | October 2015 |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hernia Hernia, Inguinal Pathological Conditions, Anatomical Hernia, Abdominal |