Table 2.

Patients’ characteristics and postoperative outcomes following the completion of the learning phase

	Robotic surgeon (n = 26)	Robotic surgeon in training (n = 43)	p
Age	68 (48–78)	60 (49–74)	0.216
Female	2 (7.7)	0 (0.0)	0.138
BMI	24.9 (21.6–28.7)	24.7 (21.7–27.0)	0.883
ASA ≥ 2	10 (38.5)	12 (27.9)	0.428
Right hernia	14 (53.8)	21 (48.8)	0.805
Type of hernia			0.66
Direct hernia	11 (42.3)	14 (32.5)	3
Indirect hernia	14 (53.8)	26 (60.5)
Mixed hernia	1 (3.8)	3 (6.9)
Femoral hernia	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Recurrent hernia	4 (15.4)	4 (9.3)	0.464
EHS Hernia classification			0.80
EHS I	11 (42.3)	18 (41.9)	0
EHS II	8 (30.8)	16 (37.2)
EHS III	7 (26.9)	9 (20.9)
90-Days postoperative morbidity	0 (0)	3 (7.00)	0.549
Length of hospital stay	1 (1–2)	1 (1–2)	0.978

> 20 cases for the surgeon in training and > 35 cases for the expert surgeon