Clinical Trial: Effect of Biologic vs Synthetic Mesh on Chronic Pain After Laparoscopic Repair of Contralateral Asymptomatic Hernia in Patients With Unilateral Symptomatic Inguinal Hernia

U.S., June 17 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07649434) titled 'Effect of Biologic vs Synthetic Mesh on Chronic Pain After Laparoscopic Repair of Contralateral Asymptomatic Hernia in Patients With Unilateral Symptomatic Inguinal Hernia' on June 02.

Brief Summary: Inguinal hernia is one of the most common conditions in general surgery. In clinical practice, surgeons frequently face a dilemma: during the evaluation of a patient with unilateral symptomatic inguinal hernia, a contralateral asymptomatic defect is discovered-either preoperatively on physical examination or intraoperatively during laparoscopy. The question then becomes: how should this incidental finding be managed? Epidemiological dat...