Table 3.

Demographic and surgery-related parameters and risk factors for patients with laparo-endoscopic versus open unilateral recurrent inguinal hernia repair in men according to the guidelines

		Endoscopic		Open		p
		n	%	n	%
ASA score	I	561	24.98	257	28.65	0.091
	II	1302	57.97	502	55.96
	III/IV	383	17.05	138	15.38
Defect size	I (<1.5 cm)	417	18.57	151	16.83	<0.001
	II (1.5–3 cm)	1459	64.96	493	54.96
	III (>3 cm)	370	16.47	253	28.21
EHS-classification medial	Yes	1112	49.51	518	57.75	<0.001
	No	1134	50.49	379	42.25
EHS-classification lateral	Yes	1351	60.15	452	50.39	<0.001
	No	895	39.85	445	49.61
EHS-classification femoral	Yes	77	3.43	15	1.67	0.007
	No	2169	96.57	882	98.33
EHS-classification scrotal	Yes	27	1.20	12	1.34	0.724
	No	2219	98.80	885	98.66
Risk factor
Total	Yes	687	30.59	275	30.66	0.966
	No	1559	69.41	622	69.34
COPD	Yes	151	6.72	66	7.36	0.534
	No	2095	93.28	831	92.64
Diabetes	Yes	129	5.74	51	5.69	1.000
	No	2117	94.26	846	94.31
Aortic aneurism	Yes	16	0.71	4	0.45	0.467
	No	2230	99.29	893	99.55
Immunosuppression	Yes	14	0.62	10	1.11	0.174
	No	2232	99.38	887	98.89
Corticoids	Yes	20	0.89	8	0.89	1.000
	No	2226	99.11	889	99.11
Smoking	Yes	262	11.67	110	12.26	0.669
	No	1984	88.33	787	87.74
Coagulopathy	Yes	33	1.47	9	1.00	0.390
	No	2213	98.53	888	99.00
Antiplatelet medication	Yes	202	8.99	79	8.81	0.890
	No	2044	91.01	818	91.19
Anticoagulation therapy	Yes	44	1.96	25	2.79	0.177
	No	2202	98.04	872	97.21