Selective Neurectomy and Mesh Removal for Chronic Postherniotomy Pain
CompletedNCT00627289
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
Chronic postherniotomy pain affects every day activities in 5-8% of patients. However, no established treatment for this pain syndrome exists and previous reports on the effect of surgical intervention suffer from methodological problems. The neurophysiological characteristics suggest that pain arises from deeper neuronal structures injured during surgery or by ongoing inflammation from the mesh. This study investigates the effect of removing inserted mesh and compressed nerves on pain related daily impairment of activities assessed by the validated AAS questionnaire before and 6 months after surgery
Study details
- Official title
- The Effect of Selective Neurectomy and Mesh Removal on Chronic Postherniotomy Pain
- Conditions
- Sponsor
- Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet
- Start date
- 2008-02
- Primary completion
- 2008-12
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Denmark
- Total sites listed
- 2
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Adult ( more than 18 years old) patients with chronic pain after groin hernia surgery, and pain related impairment of everyday function. The pain should have occurred after previous open surgery. * The patient should be able to locate to a specific area with maximum pain. Patients should be able to understand and use pain scales, and the AAS-scale. Exclusion Criteria: * All that contradicts the above
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00627289