Inguinal hernia repair may be done by the nylon darn, polypropylene mesh and other methods. Polypropylene mesh is established in the literature as the standard of care for inguinal hernia repair. It is however expensive and not readily available in our community hospitals. Nylon darn repair is widely used in our hospitals. We think that the quality of life following nylon darn repair and polypropylene mesh repair is similar. In order to find out, we are recruiting 79 patients to undergo nylon darn repair for their inguinal hernia and another 79 patients to undergo polypropylene mesh repair for their inguinal hernia repair. We are doing research to compare the quality of life after nylon darn repair of inguinal hernia to polypropylene mesh repair in patients aged 18 years to 80 years who come to St. Luke Hospital for their first-ever inguinal hernia repair.
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Core Outcome Measures Index - Hernia (COMI - Hernia) score to measure quality of life
Timeframe: 3 months