Table 3 .

Management

	Gastric perforation (n)	Gastric outlet obstruction (n)
Total no. of cases	10	9
Operative management
Midline laparotomy with groin hernia repair	84,5,11–14,16,21*	18
Laparotomy alone	124	0
Laparoscopic repair	19	0
Local repair	0	318,20,22†
Conservative management	0	56,7,10,15,17

*Refs. [12] and [16] used mesh.

^†Ref. [18] used mesh.