Table 3.

Surgical outcomes among hernia and/or hydrocele patients operated using various approaches in three different centres, September 2008 to May 2014

Postsurgery outcome	Group RO (n = 98) (%)	Group ST (n = 112) (%)	Group DL (n = 117) (%)	Group SL (n = 101) (%)
Tearing of the processus vaginalis	2 (1.57)	1 (0.77)	2 (1.39)	2 (1.58)
Haematoma	4 (3.14)	2 (1.53)	1 (0.69)	1 (0.79)
Induration	2 (1.57)	1 (0.77)	2 (1.39)	0 (0.00)
Wound infection	5 (3.93)	4 (3.07)	1 (0.69)	2 (1.58)
Recurrence	1 (0.78)	1 (0.77)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)
Hydrocele	2 (1.57)	1 (0.77)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)
Testicular retraction	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)
Testicular atrophy	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)
Total	16 (12.56)	10 (7.68)	6 (4.16)	5 (3.95)
		32 (24.40)		5 (3.95)
				P<0.0001