Chronic Postoperative Pain After the Lichtenstein Groin Hernioplasty
CompletedNCT04839848
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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)
The study attempts to quantify the relative risks for chronic postoperative inguinal pain (CPIP) after Lichtenstein repair of groin hernia, depending on mesh type and fixation suture material. For this purpose the investigators will analyze data from the Swedish Hernia Registry (SHR).
Study details
- Official title
- Mesh and Fixation Combinations in the Lichtenstein Groin Hernioplasty: Association With Chronic Postoperative Pain. A Swedish Hernia Registry Study.
- Conditions
- Hernia, Inguinal
- Hernia, Femoral
- Postoperative Pain
- Chronic Pain
- Prom
- Suture Related Complication
- Interventions
- Device: Lichtenstein mesh repair
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
- Collaborators
- Uppsala University; Swedish Hernia Registry
- Start date
- 2012-09-01
- Primary completion
- 2019-11-06
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 15 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Total sites listed
- 0
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: All Lichtenstein and similar open mesh repairs that have been registered in the SHR from September 1, 2012, until December 31, 2018. Exclusion Criteria: * Laparoscopic repairs. * Preperitoneal open repairs. * Pure suture repairs * Patients not having a 10-digit state-assigned Patient Identification Number.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04839848