Long term recurrence, pain and patient satisfaction after ventral hernia mesh repair

Table 1 Patient and hernia characteristics (n = 155)

Characteristics	Laparoscopic	Open	P value
Age (yr), mean ± SD	56.5 ± 14.9	57.2 ± 11.6	0.76
Gender: Male	34 (41.5)	34 (46.6)	0.52
BMI (kg/m2), mean ± SD	30.7 ± 6.2	29.7 ± 5.3	0.29
ASA class			0.64
I	13 (15.9)	13 (17.8)
II	62 (75.6)	55 (75.3)
III	7 (8.5)	5 (6.8)
Charlson index score			0.41
Score 0	25 (30.5)	16 (21.9)
Score 1	14 (17.1)	19 (26.0)
Score 2	16 (19.5)	19 (26.0)
Score 3	16 (19.5)	12 (16.4)
Score 4, 5, 6	11 (13.4)	7 (9.6)
Type of co-morbidity			0.64
Hypertension/congestive heart disease	23 (28.0)	19 (26.0)
3COPD	16 (19.5)	12 (16.4)
Diabetes	5 (6.1)	5 (6.1)
Neurological disease	2 (2.4)	1 (1.4)
Multimorbid	0	3 (4.1)
Miscellaneous	8 (9.8)	10 (13.7)
Smoking	28 (34.1)	26 (35.6)	0.85
Hernia type			0.96
Incisional	66 (80.5)	59 (80.8)
Non-incisonal	16 (19.5)	14 (19.2)
Recurrent hernia	15 (18.3)	13 (17.8)	0.94
Hernia area (cm2) ± SD	57.5 ± 56.9	44.9 ± 52.9	0.17
1Incsional hernia			0.41
Small/medium < 70 cm2	44 (67.7)	41 (74.5)
Large ≥ 70 cm²	21 (32.3)	14 (25.5)
2Non-incisonal hernia			0.003
Small/medium < 13 cm2	6 (40.0)	13 (92.9)	0.06
Large ≥ 13 cm2	9 (60.0)	1 (7.1)
Hernia location			0.40
Midline	74(90)	67 (92)
Others	8 (10)	6 (8)
Mesh size (cm2), mean ± SD	235.1 ± 113.4	184.5 ± 124.3	0.03
Follow up (mo), median, range	48 (9-88)	52 (12-115)	0.006

¹Missing value in laparoscopic group, 4 patients: Missing values in open group;

²Missing value; laparoscopic group;

³Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Data are numbers with percentages in brackets unless otherwise indicated.