Trial reportHernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery2012
Randomized controlled multicenter international clinical trial of self-gripping Parietex™ ProGrip™ polyester mesh versus lightweight polypropylene mesh in open inguinal hernia repair: interim results at 3 months.
Trial report in Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall 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 NCT02712827 (A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Short Term Outcomes of Self-gripping), which is not on this map. Cited by 40 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Short Term Outcomes of Self-gripping (Progrip) Mesh With Fibrin Glue Mesh Fixation in Laparoscopic Total Extraperitoneal (TEP) Inguinal Hernia Repair
Who cites it
40 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 84 citations in OpenAlex.
- Nerve identification during open inguinal hernia repair: a systematic review and meta-analyses.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2023Pooled it
- Suture fixation versus self-gripping mesh for open inguinal hernia repair: a systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2021Pooled 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
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of published randomized controlled trials comparing the role of self-gripping mesh against suture mesh fixation in patients undergoing open inguinal hernia repair.Updates in surgery · 2014Pooled it
- A systematic review of randomised control trials assessing mesh fixation in open inguinal hernia repair.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2014Pooled it
- Comparison of self-fixating mesh to tack fixation in laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: a double-blind randomized clinical trial (SELFITAC).Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Trial
- Comparison of polypropylene versus polyester mesh in lichtenstein inguinal hernia repair with respect to chronic pain and inflammatory changes.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Trial
- An analysis of results in a single-blinded, prospective randomized controlled trial comparing non-fixating versus self-fixating mesh for laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair.Surgical endoscopy · 2019Trial
- The transinguinal preperitoneal technique (TIPP) in inguinal hernia repair does not cause less chronic pain in relation to the ProGrip technique: a prospective double-blind randomized clinical trial comparing the TIPP technique, using the PolySoft mesh, with the ProGrip self-fixing semi-resorbable mesh.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2017Trial
- Randomized trial comparing self gripping semi re-absorbable mesh (PROGRIP) with polypropylene mesh in open inguinal hernioplasty: the 6 years result.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2017Trial
- Randomised clinical trial: conventional Lichtenstein vs. hernioplasty with self-adhesive mesh in bilateral inguinal hernia surgery.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2015Trial
- Lichtenstein technique for inguinal hernia repair using polypropylene mesh fixed with sutures vs. self-fixating polypropylene mesh: a prospective randomized comparative study.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2014Trial
- Open preperitoneal mesh repair of inguinal hernias using a mesh with nitinol memory frame.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2013Trial
- Minimally invasive versus open repair in inguinal hernia: A contemporary systematic review and network meta-analysis of 23 randomized trials (1995-2025).Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Review
- Lichtenstein Repair and Intersurgeon Variations: A Textbook Review and Multicenter Surgeon Survey.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Review
- Review
- Comprehensive systematic review on the self-gripping mesh vs sutured mesh in inguinal hernia repair.Surgery open science · 2024Review
- Medial incisional ventral hernia repair with AdhesixHernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2023Article
- Does the mesh type influence the outcomes and costs of robotic inguinal hernia repair?Journal of robotic surgery · 2023Article
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9 authors at 7 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
purposeTo compare clinical outcomes following sutureless Parietex™ ProGrip™ mesh repair to traditional Lichtenstein repair with lightweight polypropylene mesh secured with sutures.
methodsThis is a 3-month interim report of a 1-year multicenter international study. Three hundred and two patients were randomized; 153 were treated with Lichtenstein repair (L group) and 149 with Parietex™ ProGrip™ precut mesh (P group) with or without fixation. The primary outcome measure was postoperative pain using the visual analog scale (VAS, 0-150 mm); other outcomes were assessed prior to surgery and up to 3 months postoperatively.
resultsCompared to baseline, pain score was lower in the P group at discharge (-10%) and at 7 days (-13%), while pain increased in the L group at discharge (+39%) and at 7 days (+21%). The difference between groups was significant at both time points (P = 0.007 and P = 0.039, respectively). In the P group, patients without fixation suffered less pain compared to those with single-suture fixation (1 month: -20.9 vs. -6.15%, P = 0.02; 3 months: -24.3 vs. -7.7%, P = 0.01). The infection rate was significantly lower in the P group during the 3-month follow-up (2.0 vs. 7.2%, P = 0.032). Surgery duration was significantly shorter in the P group (32.4 vs. 39.1 min; P < 0.001). No recurrence was observed at 3 months in both groups.
conclusionsSurgery duration, early postoperative, pain and infection rates were significantly reduced with self-gripping polyester mesh compared to Lichtenstein repair with polypropylene mesh. The use of fixation increased postoperative pain in the P group. The absence of early recurrence highlights the gripping efficiency effect.
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