The aim of the present study is to determine whether usage of mesh with larger pores, compared with mesh with smaller pores, would result in decreased rate of chronic pain after open inguinal hernia repair.
The aim of the present study is to determine whether usage of mesh with larger pores, compared with mesh with smaller pores, would result in decreased rate of chronic pain after open inguinal hernia repair. The patients are randomized into two study gropus receiving mesh with different pore size. Clinical follow-up examination will be performed 1 week, 1 month, 6 months and 3 years after the operation.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
143
Lichtenstein hernioplasty
Lichtenstein hernioplasty
Chronic Pain
On visual analogue scale pain measurement at rest, on coughing, when rising from lying to sitting and during physical effort and exercise
Time frame: 6-month follow-up
Chronic Pain
On visual analogue scale pain measurement at rest, on coughing, when rising from lying to sitting and during physical effort and exercise
Time frame: 3-year follow-up
Foreign Body Feeling
The question about foreign body feeling was a yes-or-no question
Time frame: 6-month follow-up
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