Study design
hernia
RECRUITMENT
This was a prospective, randomized clinical trial. Patients were randomized in parallel groups, using two different self-fixating meshes in open inguinal hernia repair. Two surgical units in Finland, Helsinki University Hospital and Päijät-Häme Central Hospital, participated in this study from November 2018 through to March 2021.The study was approved by the ethics committee of Helsinki University Hospital (HUS/459/2018) and registered at ClinicalTrails.gov (NCT03734224). According to the study plan, an interim analysis was performed halfway through the study for safety reasons as well as to determine whether one of the groups had significantly better results than the other necessitating preterm stopping of the patient recruitment.