Table 7.

Adhesions between bowel and mesh/abdominal wall as determined by MRI in 114 patients with medical records after laparoscopic or open mesh repair.

	Laparoscopic		Open		All		p
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Adhesions to mesh	32	55	14	36	46	47	0.063
Adhesions to abdominal wall	7	12	5	13	12	13
No adhesions	19	33	20	51	39	40
All evaluable	58	100	39	100	97	100
Not evaluable	6	9	11	22	17	15
All	64		50		114