Randomized, controlled, blinded trial of Tissucol/Tisseel for mesh fixation in patients undergoing Lichtenstein technique for primary inguinal hernia repair: Rationale and study design of the TIMELI trial

Hernia

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-165

  Campanelli, Giampiero ^a,h   Champault, G ^b   Pascual, M Hidalgo ^c   Hoeferlin, A ^d   Kingsnorth, A ^e   Rosenberg, J ^f   Miserez, M ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b CH Jean Verdier   (France)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^d St Hildegardis Krankenhaus   (Germany)

^e DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^h IRCCS MULTIMEDICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human fibrin glue; Mesh fixation; Primary inguinal hernia; Randomized controlled trial; Tension free hernia repair

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TISSUE FIXATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL MESH; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42049123237     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-007-0315-3     Document Type: Article

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