STUDY OF TWO DIFFERENT WAYS OF SEALING THE ABDOMINAL LINING IN HERNIA REPAIR

COMPARISON OF ABSORBABLE TACKERS VERSUS UNIDIRECTIONAL BARBED ABSORBABLE SUTURES FOR CLOSING PERITONEAL FLAP IN TRANS ABDOMINAL PRE-PERITONEAL HERNIA REPAIRS: A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL - NIL

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 4

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2025/11/098026

Enrollment

Registered

2025-11-25

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-12-08

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical

Interventions

Intervention1: BARBED SUTURE FOR PERITONEAL CLOSURE: IN TAPP SURGERY PERITONEUM IS CLOSED WITH BARBED SUTURE . 20 PDS Control Intervention1: ABSORBABLE TACKER: ABSORBABLE TACKERS WILL BE USED IN PERIT

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: a. Patients between 18-65 yrs undergoing unilateral or bilateral Laparoscopic TAPP hernia repair. b. Written informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: a. Patients with history of recurrence. c. Patients with comorbidities- smokers, bronchial asthma, on steroid or immunosuppressive therapies. d. Patients unfit for general anaesthesia or ASA more than III e. Patients unwilling for regular follow up

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
To compare post operative pain following TAPP (VAS score) at 1, 3 , 7 , 30 days and 6 months.Timepoint: 1, 3 , 7 , 30 days and 6 months.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Operative time Seroma formation Recurrence rates at 6 months Timepoint: 6 months	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDR ANIMESH VATSA

ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE

animeshvats@yahoo.com9560495765

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026