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CompletedNCT01086007Updated Oct 30, 2015

Pain Related Sexual Dysfunction After Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair

An observational study in Sexual Dysfunction, Hernia, Inguinal and Other Chronic Postoperative Pain, sponsored by Rigshospitalet, Denmark. Completed at 1 site in Denmark. Open to male participants aged 18 Years to 50 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2015-10-30.

Sponsored by Rigshospitalet, Denmark · Observational

Study type
Observational
Enrollment
1,172
Ages
18 Years to 50 Years
Sex
Male
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Study summary

Previous studies have reported that about 3 % of patients who have had open inguinal herniorrhaphy had a visceral, ejaculatory-related pain.

The investigators want to assess this problem among patients after laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair with(self-administered questionnaire study).

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Conditions studied

  • Sexual Dysfunction
  • Hernia, Inguinal
  • Other Chronic Postoperative Pain

Keywords

  • Groin hernia
  • chronic pain
  • Persistent postoperative pain
  • Laparoscopic inguinal herniotomy
  • Sexual dysfunction
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In context

Pain, Postoperative

5,093 studies on the registry are indexed under Pain, Postoperative; 1,140 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 1,172 is above the median of 102 across 608 observational studies indexed under Pain, Postoperative.

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Lead sponsor

Rigshospitalet, Denmark is the lead sponsor of 1,017 studies on the registry; 183 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 50 Years
Sexes eligible
Male
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Patients who have had a laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair

Inclusion criteria

  • Male patients
  • >18 yrs

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Research protection
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Study design

Enrollment
1,172 participants (actual)

Groups and cohorts

  • Pain patients

    Patients with pain related sexual dysfunction after laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair

  • Non-pain patients

    Patients with no pain related sexual dysfunction after laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair

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Study locations

1 site
  • Section of Surgical Pathophysiology, Rigshospitalet
    Copenhagen East, 2100, Denmark
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Oct 30, 2015, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01086007
Lead sponsor
Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Collaborators
Innovative Medicines Initiative
Responsible party
Gitte Linderoth (MD, Rigshospitalet, Denmark) — Principal investigator
First posted
Mar 12, 2010
Start date
Feb 2010
Primary completion
May 2010
Completion
Jun 2010
Last update
Oct 30, 2015

Study contacts

Gitte Linderoth, MD
principal investigator · Section of Surgical Pathophysiology, Rigshospitalet

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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