Complications in Inguinal Hernia Surgery

Complications in Inguinal Hernia Surgery - a Nationwide Registry Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01760395

Enrollment

335

Registered

2013-01-04

Start date

2002-01-31

Completion date

2012-12-31

Last updated

2015-10-14

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Conditions

Inguinal Hernia

Brief summary

Inguinal hernia repair is the most common procedure in general surgery. Even with acceptable complication rates, thousands of patients worldwide suffer from inguinal hernia surgery complications every year. In Finland, the Finnish Patient Insurance Centre (FPIC) receives reports from surgical complications. In this study, the database of FPIC is used to compare the complication profiles of open and laparoscopic inguinal hernia surgery with mesh.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

16 Years to 110 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* surgery between 2002 and 2010 * complicated inguinal hernia surgery reported to FPIC

Exclusion criteria

* none

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
surgical complication	2 years

Outcome results