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. 1998 Jul 11;317(7151):103–110. doi: 10.1136/bmj.317.7151.103

Table 6.

Patients’ satisfaction with surgery. Values are numbers (percentages) of patients

Response One month after surgery
Three months after surgery
Laparoscopic repair (n=179) Open repair (n=184) Laparoscopic repair (n=177) Open repair (n=173)
Very satisfied 150 (83.8) 129 (70.1) 155 (87.6) 129 (74.6)
Moderately satisfied  26 (14.5)  44 (23.9) 17 (9.6)  38 (22.0)
Dissatisfied  2 (1.1)  8 (4.4)  2 (1.1)  5 (2.9)
Very dissatisfied  1 (0.6)  3 (1.6)  3 (1.7)  1 (0.6)