Comparison of Postoperative Inguinal Pain Between the Onstep Technique and the Lichtenstein Technique
CompletedNot applicableNCT04138329
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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 is a randomized, double blind, controlled study. The aim is to compare postoperative inguinal pain using the Inguinal Pain Questionnaire (IPQ) validated in Spanish and Numerical Pain Scale in postoperative patients with Lichtenstein and Onstep technique at 1 week, 1, 3 and 6 months. The investigators also validated the IPQ in spanish. It was randomized 20 patients for the Lichtenstein repair and 20 patients for the Onstep technique. The study was conducted in the General Surgery Department of the Central Hospital Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto, considered as a second level of attention and a surgery training center. The validated questionnaire in spanish and the visual pain scale were applied in the office at 1 week and by phone at 1 month, 3 and 6 months after surgery by two evaluators who did not know the surgical technique used.
Study details
- Official title
- Comparison of Postoperative Inguinal Pain Between the Onstep Technique and the Lichtenstein Technique: A Randomized Controlled Study.
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain Post-Procedural
- Interventions
- Procedure: Lichtenstein Technique
- Procedure: Onstep Technique
- Sponsor
- Hospital Central "Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto"
- Start date
- 2018-09-15
- Primary completion
- 2019-03-24
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 16 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Mexico
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of unilateral inguinal hernia. * Male or Female. * Older tan 16 years. * Accept to participate in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. * Obesity. * Diabetes Mellitus. * Cirrhosis. * Diseases involving collagen deficiency. * Previous surgery in the groin.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04138329