Table 4.

Patient-related factors in open primary and recurrent unilateral inguinal hernia repair in men

	Open primary		Previous suture		Previous open mesh		Previous endoscopic mesh		p
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
ASA score									<0.001
I	4942	32.4	244	24.1	124	30.1	257	28.7
II	7110	46.5	499	49.4	209	50.7	502	56.0
III/IV	3222	21.1	268	26.5	79	19.2	138	15.4
Defect size									<0.001
I (<1.5 cm)	1603	10.5	159	15.7	81	19.7	151	16.8
II (1.5–3 cm)	7742	50.7	507	50.2	204	49.5	493	55.0
III (>3 cm)	5929	38.8	345	34.1	127	30.8	253	28.2
EHS classification medial									<0.001
Yes	7819	51.2	546	54.0	249	60.4	518	57.8
No	7455	48.1	465	46.0	163	39.6	379	42.3
EHS classification lateral									<0.001
Yes	10068	65.2	579	57.3	221	53.6	452	50.4
No	5206	34.1	432	42.7	191	46.4	445	49.6
EHS classification femoral									<0.001
Yes	171	1.1	14	1.4	18	4.4	15	1.7
No	15103	98.8	997	98.6	394	95.6	882	98.3
EHS classification scrotal									<0.001
Yes	1012	6.6	52	5.1	11	2.7	12	1.3
No	14262	93.3	959	94.9	401	97.3	885	98.5