# Randomized Multicentre Study Comparing TEP With Lichtenstein Repair for Primary Inguinal Hernia

> **NCT00568269** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Uppsala University Hospital** · enrollment: 1513 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Inguinal Hernia

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Open repair
- **PROCEDURE:** Laparoscopic repair

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00568269
- **Lead sponsor:** Uppsala University Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 1996-11
- **Primary completion:** —
- **Final completion:** 2007-12
- **Target enrollment:** 1513 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2007-12-06

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00568269

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00568269, "Randomized Multicentre Study Comparing TEP With Lichtenstein Repair for Primary Inguinal Hernia". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00568269. Licensed CC0.

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