Table 1.

Patient characteristics and operative and perioperative outcomes

	Marcy repair (n = 46)	PHS repair (n = 45)
Age (years)	64 ± 8.1 (mean ± SD)	63 ± 7.7 (mean ± SD)
Sex
Male	41	41
Female	5	4
BMI	22.5 ± 2.6 (mean ± SD)	22.8 ± 2.5 (mean ± SD)
Laterality
Right	26	20
Left	22	25
Hernia type
I-1	4	2
I-2	38	35
I-3	4	7
IV	0	1
Operative time (min)	68 ± 19 (mean ± SD)	84 ± 18 (mean ± SD)	p < 0.05
Number of times analgesics were used	0 (0–5) [Median (range)]	0 (0–2) [Median (range)]

PHS Prolene Hernia System^®, n number of patients, SD standard deviation, BMI body mass index