Table 2.

Complications of GA and LA group

	LA (n = 32)	GA (n = 58)	P
Time in hospital	4.31 ± 1.575	5.88 ± 2.816	0.001*
Time in ICU	0.03 ± 0.177	0.34 ± 1.085	0.035*
Time to eat	1.28 ± 0.581	2.28 ± 1.121	0.000*
Time to ambulation	2.03 ± 1.031	3.26 ± 1.528	0.000*
Total cost	8836.59 ± 2436.673	13236.43 ± 5461.154	0.000*
Wound infection	4 (12.5 %)	9 (15.5 %)	0.765
Urinary retention	1 (3.1 %)	6 (10.3 %)	0.414
Postoperative hydrocoele	2 (6.3 %)	6 (10.3 %)	1.000
Respiratory complications	2 (6.3 %)	14 (24.1 %)	0.044*
Cardiovascular complications	1 (3.1 %)	12 (20.7 %)	0.027*
MODS	0 (0 %)	1 (1.7 %)	1.000
Death in 30 days	0 (0 %)	1 (1.7 %)	1.000

MODS multiple organ disfunction syndrome

* P < 0.05