Table 4.

Postoperative outcomes

Short-term outcomes (30 postop days)	AWS N = 114	GS N = 123	P value
Length of stay days (SD)	4.9 (10.15)	4.4 (7.27)	0.50
Operative time min (SD)	103.8 (73.21)	83.3 (52.58)	0.01
Intraoperative complications N (%)	2 (1.8)	2 (1.6)	0.94
Postoperative short term complications N (%)	26 (22.8)	36 (29.3)	0.26
Exitus N (%)	2 (1.8)	0 (0)	0.14
Hematoma N (%)	2 (1.8)	6 (4.9)	0.18
Seroma N (%)	13 (11.4)	16 (13)	0.71
Wound infection N (%)	8 (7)	11 (8.9)	0.58
Skin necrosis N (%)	1 (0.9)	3 (2.4)	0.35
Urinary infection N (%)	2 (1.8)	4 (3.3)	0.46
Respiratory infection N (%)	2 (1.8)	4 (3.3)	0.46
Other complications N (%)	5 (4.4)	8 (6.5)	0.47
Reoperations N (%)	1 (0.9)	4 (3.3)	0.20
Follow-up outcomes (min. 1 year)	N = 92 (80.7)a	N = 83 (67.7)a	P value
Chronic infection N (%)	0	1 (0.6)	0.47
Mesh removal N (%)	0	0
Recurrence N (%)	11 (12)	24 (28.9)	0.008

^a Percentage of completed follow-up from initial sample population