Trial reportHernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery2014
Randomized clinical trial comparing lightweight or heavyweight mesh for mesh plug repair of primary inguinal hernia.
Trial report in Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Nerve identification during open inguinal hernia repair: a systematic review and meta-analyses.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2023Pooled it
- Minimizing complications following transinguinal preperitoneal modified Kugel mesh herniorrhaphy: a double blind prospective randomized clinical trial.Scientific reports · 2022Trial
- A randomized clinical study on postoperative pain comparing the Polysoft patch to the modified Kugel patch for transinguinal preperitoneal inguinal hernia repair.Surgery today · 2016Trial
- Effect of serum IL-6, CRP, and MMP-9 levels on the efficacy of modified preperitoneal Kugel repair in patients with inguinal hernia.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2025Article
- Safety considerations for synthetic sling surgery.Nature reviews. Urology · 2015Review
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim of this study was to assess whether the application of a lightweight mesh for mesh plug repair (MPR) for primary inguinal hernia could reduce chronic pain or other symptoms associated with the insertion of the prosthesis.
methodsPatients over 20 years of age with a unilateral primary inguinal hernia were eligible to participate in the study. The patients were randomly assigned to a lightweight mesh (LWM) or a heavyweight mesh (HWM) group. All the operations were performed under local anesthesia. The operative details, including the hernia type and the nerves that were identified, and the postoperative complications were recorded. All follow-up and outcome measures were obtained based on a physical examination and a questionnaire regarding pain and other symptoms at 1 week, 1, 3, 6, and 12 months after the surgery in a double-blinded manner.
resultsThe use of LWM significantly reduced foreign body sensation after 12 months to one-third of the incidence reported for the use of HWM (5.8 vs. 17.9%; P = 0.013), while no significant differences were found in pain parameters, including the use of pain relief medications, between the groups throughout the study period.
conclusionThis study indicated that the use of LWM in the MPR decreases the incidence of foreign body sensation at 1 year after surgery for primary inguinal hernia. LWM may be preferable to MPR, similar to results described previously for Lichtenstein repair.
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