Table 1.

Patient characteristics.

	N ∗	Mean	Std. dev	Range
Age	29	57	14.3	27–87
BMI	29	28.3	4.1	21–38
		Right side	Left side
Hernia laterality	29	13	16
		Yes	No
Incarcerated?	29	21	8
		<1.5 cm	<3 cm	>3 cm
Hernia type-direct	23	13	9	1
Hernia type-indirect	6	4	2

^∗ Of the original thirty patients, one patient's dataset was incomplete.