Flemish Inguinal and Femoral Hernia Prospective Registry

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Conditions studied: Inguinal Hernia

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04623580

Run by

Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

People needed

560

Starts

2018-01-01

Expected to finish

2028-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2024-07-01

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 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

You may not qualify if…

• Younger than 18 years
• Not operated or supervised by participating surgeon
• Pregnant at inclusion in the registry
• No signed informed consent form

Where it is running

• UZ Leuven — Leuven, Belgium (enrolling)
• Colette Barlé — Leuven, Belgium (enrolling)

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