Table 6.

Perioperative and 1-year follow-up outcome in patients with open primary and recurrent unilateral inguinal hernia repair in men

	Primary		Previous suture		Previous open mesh		Previous endoscopic mesh		p
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Intraoperative complications									0.03
Yes	158	1.0	13	1.3	10	2.4	14	1.6
No	15116	99.0	998	98.7	402	97.6	883	98.4
Postoperative complications									0.01
Yes	614	4.0	60	5.9	22	5.3	33	3.7
No	14660	96.0	951	94.1	390	94.7	864	96.3
Reoperation									0.02
Yes	181	1.2	21	2.1	9	2.2	9	1.0
No	15093	98.8	990	97.9	403	97.8	888	99.0
Recurrence									<0.001
Yes	113	0.7	17	1.7	20	4.6	10	1.1
No	15161	99.3	994	98.3	392	95.2	887	98.9
Pain at rest									<0.001
Yes	621	4.1	45	4.5	32	7.8	78	8.7
No	14653	95.9	966	95.6	380	92.2	819	91.3
Pain on exertion									<0.001
Yes	1291	8.5	92	9.1	53	12.9	135	15.0
No	13983	91.6	919	90.9	359	87.1	762	85.0
Chronic pain requiring treatment									<0.001
Yes	327	2.1	29	2.9	21	5.1	40	4.5
No	14947	97.9	982	97.1	391	94.9	857	95.5