Table 3.

Intra- and postoperative complications, complication-related reoperations, and 1-year follow-up results of patients with endoscopic primary versus recurrent unilateral inguinal hernia repair in men

Unadjusted analysis	Primary op		Recurrent op		p
	n	%	n	%
Intraoperative complications
Yes	232	1.28	33	1.33	0.849
No	17,910	98.72	2449	98.67
Postoperative complications
Yes	581	3.20	100	4.03	0.036
No	17,561	96.80	2382	95.97
Reoperation
Yes	153	0.84	33	1.33	0.023
No	17,989	99.16	2449	98.67
Recurrence
Yes	170	0.94	36	1.45	0.023
No	17,972	99.06	2446	98.55
Pain at rest
Yes	740	4.08	153	6.16	<0.001
No	17,402	95.92	2329	93.84
Pain on exertion
Yes	1457	8.03	284	11.44	<0.001
No	16,685	91.97	2198	88.56
Chronic pain requiring treatment
Yes	419	2.31	95	3.83	<0.001
No	17,723	97.69	2387	96.17