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

Table 5 Predictors for overall recurrence after laparoscopic mesh repair univariate analysis

	Yes	No	P value
Gender male/female	7/7	27/41	0.48
Age at hernia surgery; yr; mean ± SD	52 ± 14	57 ± 15	0.24
Period of follow-up, mo ± SD	46 ± 15	46 ± 17	0.94
Charlson index			0.79
0	6 (24.0)	19 (76.0)
1	2 (14.3)	12 (85.7)
2	2 (12.5)	14 (87.5)
3	3 (18.8)	13 (81.3)
4, 5, 6	1 (9.1)	10 (90.9)
COPD	3 (18.8)	13 (81.3)	0.84
Smoking	5 (17.9)	23 (82.1)	0.89
BMI (kg/m2); mean ± SD	34 ± 6	30 ± 6.0	0.05
BMI (kg/m2); (%) 18.5-24.9	1 (8.3)	11 (92.7)	0.38
BMI (kg/m2); (%) 25.0-29.9	3 (12.0)	22 (88.0)
BMI (kg/m2); (%) 30.0-39.9	10 (22.2)	35 (77.8)
Hernia type			0.59
Incisional	12 (18.2)	54 (81.8)
Non-incisional	2 (12.5)	14 (87.5)
Recurrent hernia	2 (13.3)	13 (86.7)	0.67
Hernia area, cm2, mean ± SD	80 ± 58	53 ± 56	0.11
Hernia area, both types < 58 cm2	5 (9.8)	46 (90.2)	0.04
Hernia area, both types ≥ 58 cm2	8 (27.6)	21 (72.4)
Incisonal hernia area < 70 cm2, n1	6 (13.6)	38 (86.4)	0.15
Incisonal hernia area ≥ 70 cm2, n	6 (28.6)	15 (71.4)
Non-incisonal hernia area < 13 cm2, n	0	6	0.40
Non-incisonal hernia area ≥ 13 cm2, n	1 (11.1)	8 (88.9)
No. of trocars, median, (range)	4 (3-6)	3 (3-5)	< 0.001
Operative time, min, mean ± SD	142 ± 63	112 ± 51	0.07
Postoperative stay, d, mean ± SD	4 ± 4	2 ± 1	0.001
Preop antibiotics	8 (26.7)	22 (73.3)	0.08
Surgeons experience			0.69
Less experient	7 (15.6)	38 (84.4)
Experient	7 (18.9)	30 (81.1)
Mesh			0.47
Goretex	3 (25.0)	9 (75.0)
Parietex	7 (17.5)	33 (82.5)
Bard	3 (15.0)	17 (85.0)
Other	0	9
Postoperative complications	5 (20.0)	20 (80.0)	0.64
Postoperative antibiotics	3 (25.0)	9 (75.0)	0.43
Late complications	2 (15.4)	11 (84.6)	0.86
Hernia belt	11 (22.0)	39 (78.0)	0.14

¹Missing value with recurrence; missing value without recurrence. Data are numbers with percentages in brackets unless otherwise indicated. COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.