Surgical inguinal or femoral hernia repair: Surgical inguinal or femoral hernia repair (primary or mesh)
Study summary
Prospective registry. The purpose of this clinical trial will be to measure surgical outcome parameters (e.g. recurrence, chronic pain and other quality indicators) after inguinal hernia repair using Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in the short- and long-term.
Eligibility
Sex
ALL
Min age
18 Years
Max age
—
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Consecutively all patients with a groin hernia (inguinal and/or femoral hernia) operated starting 01.01.2018.
* Male and female
* 18 years or older
* Operated of supervised by a participating surgeon (participating in this study is not necessarily by a whole surgical department of a hospital, but by specific surgeons)
* Elective and emergency surgery
* Primary and recurrent hernia
* Metachronous and synchronous hernia
* Signed informed consent form
Exclusion criteria
* Younger than 18 years
* Not operated or supervised by participating surgeon
* Pregnant at inclusion in the registry
* No signed informed consent form
Primary outcome measure(s)
Chronic pain after inguinal hernia repair — 5 years To investigate moderate to severe chronic pain 1 year after inguinal or femoral hernia repair, defined as numeric rating scale (NRS) ≥ 4, during daily activities.
Trial sites (2)
Facility
City
Region
Status
UZ Leuven
Leuven
Belgium
Recruiting
Colette Barlé
Leuven
Belgium
Recruiting
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This page summarises publicly available registry data for informational purposes — not medical advice. Eligibility is determined by each study team; patients should discuss participation with their clinician.
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