Clinical trial NCT05837013: Open and Laparoscopic Total Extraperitoneal Repair Under Spinal Anesthesia Versus General Anesthesia
Official title: Comparison of Open and Laparoscopic Total Extraperitoneal Inguinal Hernia Repair (TEP) Performed Under Blocked Spinal Anesthesia and General Anesthesia: Prospective Randomized Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Pain, Postoperative
Postoperative Complications
Inguinal Hernia
Keywords: spinal anesthesia
inguinal Hernia
general anesthesia
laparoscopic total extraperitoneal repair
Lead sponsor: Konya City Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Van Training and Research Hospital
First posted: 2023-05-01
Enrollment: 34
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Inguinal hernia surgery is one of the most frequently performed procedures among general surgery cases. As with many open surgical methods, this repair is also performed laparoscopically. Among these closed methods, the most frequently applied method is laparoscopic total extraperitoneal repair (TEP). In general, this surgery is performed under general anesthesia (GA) in many centers. However, in cases where general anesthesia is inconvenient, local or other anesthesia methods are preferred.

It has been stated in many studies in the literature that this surgery can be performed with methods other than general anesthesia. In a study of 480 patients, one of which was Sinha et al., it was shown that this surgical procedure was successfully performed under spinal anesthesia (SA).

In a prospective randomized study by Dönmez et al., patients who underwent TEP under general anesthesia and spinal anesthesia were compared. It has been reported that TEP repair can be performed safely under SA and that SA is associated with less postoperative pain, better recovery, and better patient satisfaction than GA.2 In a retrospective study by Yıldırım et al. It has been shown that there is significantly less need for analgesics and better patient satisfaction.

There are also many meta-analyses made on this subject in the literature. Compared with GA in these, SA was associated with a longer operative time, and postoperative pain and nausea and vomiting were less in SA. However, the risk of urinary retention in SA was significantly increased. It was observed that there was no significant difference in surgical complications such as seroma and wound infection.

Despite all these studies, until now, there is no clear consensus on which anesthesia should be used.

The aim of the study is to show the effect of both the surgical method and the anesthesia method on the patient during surgery and in the early postoperative period in inguinal hernia

Detailed description: Patients who underwent laparoscopic total extraperitoneal (TEP) inguinal hernia repair and open surgical procedure (Lichtenstein) with the diagnosis of inguinal hernia will be divided into 2 groups. General anesthesia (GA) will be applied to the 1st group, and ileoinguinal (II) and ileohypogastric (IH) nerve block together with spinal anesthesia (SA) to the 2nd group.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients with inguinal hernias.
* Over 18 years old

Exclusion Criteria:

* Younger than 18 years
* Those who have had previous abdominal surgery,
* Incarcerated or strangulated inguinal hernias,
* Recurrent hernias,
* Coagulopathies,
* Patients with musculoskeletal deformity,
* Those with chronic pain,
* Those who use drugs that affect the central nervous system daily,
* Those with a body mass index (BMI) over 40 kg/m2,
* Patients with contraindications to the recommended anesthetic technique.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Postoperative pain
timeFrame: Postoperative 24 hours
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Adverse postoperative events
timeFrame: Postoperative 24 hours
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Van
country: Turkey
facility: University of Health Science Van Training and Research Hospital
Study officials:
References:
citation: Sinha R, Gurwara AK, Gupta SC. Laparoscopic total extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair under spinal anesthesia: a study of 480 patients. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2008 Oct;18(5):673-7. doi: 10.1089/lap.2007.0219.
citation: Donmez T, Erdem VM, Sunamak O, Erdem DA, Avaroglu HI. Laparoscopic total extraperitoneal repair under spinal anesthesia versus general anesthesia: a randomized prospective study. Ther Clin Risk Manag. 2016 Oct 27;12:1599-1608. doi: 10.2147/TCRM.S117891. eCollection 2016.
citation: Yildirim D, Hut A, Uzman S, Kocakusak A, Demiryas S, Cakir M, Tatar C. Spinal anesthesia is safe in laparoscopic total extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair. A retrospective clinical trial. Wideochir Inne Tech Maloinwazyjne. 2017 Dec;12(4):417-427. doi: 10.5114/wiitm.2017.72325. Epub 2017 Dec 29.
citation: Li L, Pang Y, Wang Y, Li Q, Meng X. Comparison of spinal anesthesia and general anesthesia in inguinal hernia repair in adult: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Anesthesiol. 2020 Mar 10;20(1):64. doi: 10.1186/s12871-020-00980-5.
citation: Hajibandeh S, Hajibandeh S, Mobarak S, Bhattacharya P, Mobarak D, Satyadas T. Meta-Analysis of Spinal Anesthesia Versus General Anesthesia During Laparoscopic Total Extraperitoneal Repair of Inguinal Hernia. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2020 Aug;30(4):371-380. doi: 10.1097/SLE.0000000000000783.