Table 3.

Type of recurrence according to the date of primary LH

JHS Classification		Date of the primary LH		p value*
Primary LH	Recurrence	In the earlier period (n = 9) a	In the latter period (n = 5)
II	II	5	0	0.006
I	II	1	0
II	I	2	0
I	I	1	5

^a Case 103 was added to the data, *Fisher-Freeman-Halton exact test

LH laparoscopic hernioplasty, JHS Japan Hernia Society.