Comparison of Self Fixating Mesh to Mesh Fixation With Metallic Tacks in Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair
Unknown statusNot applicableNCT03564535
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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)
This study compares the use of self-fixating mesh to mesh fixation with tackers in the management of inguinal hernia by laparoscopic method. Half of the participants in the study will be treated using self-fixating mesh, while the other half will be treated using conventional mesh fixed with tackers.
Study details
- Official title
- Comparison of Mesh Fixation With Tackers to Use of Self Fixating Mesh in Total Extra Peritoneal Inguinal Hernia Repair: A Double Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial
- Conditions
- Inguinal Hernia
- Adult
- Interventions
- Device: Self fixating group
- Device: Tacker fixation group
- Sponsor
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar
- Start date
- 2018-04-18
- Primary completion
- 2021-03
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 80 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- India
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Unilateral inguinal hernia 2. Age 18-80years 3. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Grade 1 or 2 Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patient unfit for general anesthesia or laparoscopic surgery 2. Large scrotal hernias 3. Irreducible hernias 4. Morbid obesity 5. Previous pelvic surgery 6. Coagulopathy 7. Those who cannot understand the VAS score 8. Those who did not agree to participate in the study 9. Gastritis 10. Gastroesophageal reflux disease 11. Liver dysfunction 12. kidney dysfunction
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03564535