The European Hernia Society Guidelines of 2018 suggest that laparoscopic surgery should be preferred over open surgery for bilateral inguinal hernia repair even though scientific evidence are scarce. We will conduct a prospective, non randomise control trial, to investigate the superiority of one technique over the other.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
100
Laparoscopic bilateral inguinal hernia repair
Open bilateral inguinal hernia repair
General Hospital Of Larissa
Larissa, Greece
RECRUITINGPost operative Pain
Evaluation of the post operative pain 24 hours after surgery. For the assessment of the pain will be used the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) score. (VAS Score Scale from 0-10, 0 no pain, 10 max pain)
Time frame: 24 hours post surgery
days of hospitalization
days that need to be hospitalised after surgery
Time frame: 30 days
urinary retention
inability to voluntarily void urine up to 8 hours post surgery
Time frame: 8 hours
complications
presence of surgery related complications
Time frame: 30 days
recurrence
recurrence of one or two of the hernias treated at the clinical evaluation one year after surgery
Time frame: 1 year
chronic pain
For the evaluation of the chronic pain will be used the registry for abdominal wall hernias Quality of Life questionnaire (EuraHS QoL) scale from 0 to 10. (0 = no pain 10=worst pain imaginable)
Time frame: 1 year
foreign body sensation to the inguinal area
For the evaluation of the foreign body sensation to the inguinal area will be used the Carolinas Comfort Scale (scale from 0 to 5, 0= no symptoms, 5 = disabling symptoms)
Time frame: 1 year
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