Table 2.

Perioperative Data

	Data
Indication for surgery [n (%)]
Bilateral primary hernia	278 (81%)
Unilateral recurrent herniaa	45 (13%)
Bilateral recurrent hernia	20 (6%)
Type of hernia [n (%)]
Direct	424 (60%)
Indirect	136 (20%)
Femoral	20 (2%)
Combined	129 (18%)
Operative time [mean (range)] (min)	33 (17–102)
Other procedures [n (%)]
UHRb	72 (20%)
Neurectomy	1 (0.3%)
Bilateral vasectomy	4 (1.2%)
Orchiectomy	1 (0.3%)
Lipoma excision	2 (0.6%)
Intraoperative complications	1 (0.3%)
Bladder injury	1
Bowel injury	0
Vascular injury	0
Conversion to open [n (%)]	1 (0.3%)
Length of stay [mean (range)] (d)	0 (0–1)
Length of stay [n (%)]
0 d	340 (99%)
1 d	3 (1%)

^aA bilateral repair was performed because a contralateral hernia was incidentally discovered intraoperatively.

^bUHR = umbilical hernia repair.