Table 5.

Statistical evaluation of patients who underwent hernia repair with or without mesh

	Repair with mesh (n=75)	Primary repair without mesh (n=6)	p
Postoperative hospital stay, days, median (range)	2 (1-6)	2 (1-7)	α0.232
Surgical site infection n (%)	4 (5.3)	1 (16.6)	β0.326

^αMann- Whitney test;

^βFisher’s exact test.