Inguinal Hernia Watchful Waiting Vs Repair
17 among patients undergoing repair indirect inguinal hernias comprised 53 of hernias type 1 12 type 2 29 type 3b 12.
Inguinal hernia watchful waiting vs repair. T2 a randomized clinical trial. Au fitzgibbons robert j. The new policy supported surgical treatment for patients with symptomatic inguinal hernias hernias not amenable to simple reduction or strangulated hernias. In this noninferiority trial we randomly assigned men aged 50 years and.
Watchful waiting vs repair of inguinal hernia in minimally symptomatic men. Au barkun jeffrey s t. Design setting and participants. Au murphy.
Au giobbie hurder anita. The role of watchful waiting in older male patients with mildly symptomatic or asymptomatic inguinal hernia is still not well established. A randomized clinical trial. Surgery fitzgibbons and colleagues randomly assigned 720 men with inguinal hernias to one approach or the other.
To compare if watchful waiting is noninferior to elective repair in men aged 50 years and older with mildly symptomatic or asymptomatic inguinal hernia. Au neumayer leigh a. In patients receiving surgical repair and those assigned to watchful waiting who crossed over to receive surgical repair hernia types were determined at time of repair using the nyhus classification. Primary endpoint was the mean difference in a 4 point pain discomfort score at 24 months of follow up.
Au gibbs james o. 3 reprinted 2006 american medical association. Au reda domenic j. Using a 0 20 point difference as a.
Au hoehn james l. Au mccarthy martin. In an effort to better understand the risks and benefits of watchful waiting vs. 317 included in primary analysis repair 336 included in primary analysis watchful waiting watchful waiting vs repair of inguinal hernia 286 jama january 18 2006 vol 295 no.
In this noninferiority trial we randomly assigned men aged 50 years and older with mildly symptomatic or asymptomatic inguinal hernia to either elective inguinal hernia repair or watchful waiting. Au dunlop dorothy d. Of the short form 36 version 2 survey at 2 years in men with minimally symptomatic inguinal hernias treated with watchful waiting or surgical repair.