Inguinal Hernia, Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms, Urinary Retention
Conditions
Keywords
complication, uroflowmetry
Brief summary
Post operative acute urinary retension or voiding dysfunction are complications after inguinal hernia repair and they cause a great deal of discomfort and stress to patients. Furthermore, they can also increase hospital costs by increasing hospital stay, and by growing the need for outpatient appointments after an elective surgical procedure. Some studies recommend prophylactic alpha blockers to minimizing these adverse effects. Investigators aimed to determine the changes of uroflowmetric values for male patients following elective inguinal hernia repair.
Detailed description
Inguinal hernia repair is a common procedure performed in general surgery, with an annual rate of 28 per 100,000 of the population in the USA. The incidence of post operative inability voiding in males following open or laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair varies from 3 to 25%. Evaluating risk factors to reduce the occurence of this complications after one of the most commonly performed surgery by general surgeons could help reduce that high rate of that complication. Although some authors recommend prophylactic alpha blockers, there is no consensus on whether these can decrease rate of urinary retention or voiding dysfunction in male patients. In current study, investigators aimed to determinate the uroflowmetric parametric changes of patients after elective inguinal hernia repair.
Interventions
PROCEDUREInguinal hernia repair
Lichtenstein procedure or laparoscopic method (Total extraperitoneal) inguinal hernia repair
Sponsors
Ministry of Health, Turkey
Ankara Training and Research Hospital
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Masking description
The control group consisted of volunteer participitants who were admitted to the outpatient clinics with various reasons or healthy persons
Intervention model description
The patients who underwent elective open or laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair were treated by a single general surgeon.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
20 Years to 90 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* any type of inguinal hernia
Exclusion criteria
* active urinary tract infection, * previous BPH, neurological disease or significant systemic disease, * medications that could interfere voiding function * history of prostate, bladder or urethral surgery or traumatic urethral catheterisation.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants with undergoes inguinal hernia repair -related voiding dysfunction as assessed by uroflowmetry | 3 days | Maximum and average flow rate (ml/sn) were determinated on post-operative day 1 |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed