# Is the Use of Prolene as Sufficient as the Use of Wire in Shouldice Surgery to Keep the Recurrence Rate Low After One Year?

> **NCT05879770** · — · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **Shouldice Hospital** · enrollment: 1400 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Inguinal Hernia

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** suture material

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT05879770
- **Lead sponsor:** Shouldice Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2023-09-01
- **Primary completion:** 2024-01-01
- **Final completion:** 2024-03-01
- **Target enrollment:** 1400 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2023-05-30


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05879770

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT05879770, "Is the Use of Prolene as Sufficient as the Use of Wire in Shouldice Surgery to Keep the Recurrence Rate Low After One Year?". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT05879770. Licensed CC0.

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