Trial reportWorld journal of surgery2012
Desarda versus Lichtenstein technique for primary inguinal hernia treatment: 3-year results of a randomized clinical trial.
Trial report in World journal of surgery, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03512366 (Comparative Study Between Desarda and Lichtenstein's Technique for Inguinal Hernia Repair Under Local Anaesthesia), which is not on this map. Cited by 27 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Comparative Study Between Desarda and Lichtenstein's Technique for Inguinal Hernia Repair Under Local Anaesthesia: A Double Blind Randomised Controlled Trial
Who cites it
27 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Non-mesh Desarda Technique Versus Standard Mesh-Based Lichtenstein Technique for Inguinal Hernia Repair: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.World journal of surgery · 2020Pooled it
- Desarda's technique versus Lichtenstein technique for the treatment of primary inguinal hernia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2018Pooled it
- International guidelines for groin hernia management.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2018Guideline
- Uniformity of Chronic Pain Assessment after Inguinal Hernia Repair: A Critical Review of the Literature.European surgical research. Europaische chirurgische Forschung. Recherches chirurgicales europeennes · 2017Pooled it
- Planned iliohypogastric neurectomy for prevention of chronic pain after inguinal hernia repair.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025Trial
- Feasibility and outcomes of Desarda vs Lichtenstein hernioplasty by local anesthesia for inguinal hernia: a noninferiority randomized clinical trial.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2023Trial
- Minimally invasive preperitoneal single-layer mesh repair versus standard Lichtenstein hernia repair for inguinal hernia: a prospective randomized trial.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2015Trial
- Effect of topical tetracycline on seroma formation in the Lichtenstein technique: a prospective randomized study.International surgeryTrial
- Beyond acronyms: a domain-based structural analysis of abdominal wall hernia repair techniques in the contemporary literature.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- Absorbable suture material in non-mesh inguinal hernia repair: a narrative review of Shouldice, Bassini, and Desarda techniques.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Review
- How Reproducible Are Abdominal Wall Surgical Techniques? A Methodological Assessment of Technical Reporting in the Contemporary Literature.Journal of abdominal wall surgery : JAWS · 2026Article
- Review
- A retrospective study of 3D laparoscopy and 2D laparoscopy in transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) for unilateral inguinal hernia in elderly patients.Updates in surgery · 2024Article
- Article
- Amyand's hernia in a patient with acute complicated diverticulitis. A case report and review of the literature.International journal of surgery case reports · 2023Article
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- A "New" Nonmesh Technique for Inguinal Hernia Repair: Revisiting E. Wyllys Andrews and His Imbricating Operation.Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches · 2023Article
- Quality of Life after Desarda Technique for Inguinal Hernia Repair-A Comparative Retrospective Multicenter Study of 120 Patients.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Review
- Varying convalescence recommendations after inguinal hernia repair: a systematic scoping review.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe Shouldice method and other tissue-based techniques are still acknowledged to be acceptable for primary inguinal hernia repair according to the European Hernia Society guidelines. Desarda's technique, presented in 2001, is an original hernia repair method using an undetached strip of external oblique aponeurosis. This randomized trial compared outcomes after hernia repair with Desarda (D) and mesh-based Lichtenstein (L) techniques.
methodsA total of 208 male patients were randomly assigned to the D or L group (105 vs. 103, respectively). The primary outcomes measured were recurrence and chronic pain. Additionally, early and late complications, foreign body sensation, and return to everyday activity were examined in hospital and at 7, 30 days, and 6, 12, 24, and 36 months after surgery.
resultsDuring the follow-up, two recurrences were observed in each group (p = 1.000). Chronic pain was experienced by 4.8 and 2.9% of patients from groups D and L, respectively (p = 0.464). Foreign body sensation and return to activity were not different between the groups. There was significantly less seroma production in the D group (p = 0.004).
conclusionsThe results of primary inguinal hernia repair with the Desarda and Lichtenstein techniques are comparable at the 3-year follow-up. The technique may potentially increase the number of tissue-based methods available for treating groin hernias.
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