Table 2.

RCT comparing laparoscopic versus open inguinal hernia surgery with infectious complications as a secondary endpoint

Study	Name, country	Antibiotic prophylaxis	Total	Lap group	Lap infect. (%)	Open group	Open infect. (%)	n
Liem et al. (1997) [6]	Coala, Netherlands	?	994	487 TEP	0	507 Optional	1.2	0.03
MRC 1999 [7]	MRC, UK	?	928	468 TEP, TAPP	2.8	460 Optional	3.1	NS
Berndsen et al. (2002) [8]	SMIL I, Sweden	No	1,042	518 TAPP	0.8	524 Shouldice	0.8	NS
Neumayer et al. (2004) [9]	AV, USA	?	1,983	989 TEP, TAPP	1	994 Lichtenstein	1.4	NS
Eklund et al. (2006) [10]	SMIL II, Sweden	No lap yes open	1,371	665 TEP	1.4	706 Lichtenstein	0.7	0.21
Total			6,318	3,127	1.2	3,191	1.3

? = Whether antibiotic prophylaxis was given is not reported

NS not significant, Lap laparoscopic, infect infection, TAPP laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal repair, TEP laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal repair