Prolene Hernia System, Lichtenstein Mesh, and Plug-and-Patch for Primary Inguinal Hernia Repair - Three Year Outcome of a Prospective Randomised Controlled Trial
Prolene Hernia System, Lichtenstein Mesh, and Plug-and-Patch for Primary Inguinal Hernia Repair - Three Year Outcome of a Prospective Randomised Controlled Trial
Three different techniques for the surgical repair of groin hernias are compared. Focus has been set on operation times, time to full return of functional abilities like walking in stairs etc, and if any technique has more complications than the others. Three years results are presented in the study.
Dissection requirements differ between various methods for inguinal hernia repair, which may effect operation times, pain response and possibly recovery time. The objectives of this study were to establish if any differences concerning these aspects could be detected after three principally different techniques for primary inguinal hernia repair.
472 men between 30 and 75 years with primary inguinal hernias were included in a prospective controlled study and randomised to Lichtenstein mesh (L), PerFix Plug® (P) or the Prolene® Hernia System (PHS) procedure. All patients were seen and data were collected after 2 weeks, 3 months, 1 year, and 3 years.
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