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. 2019 Feb 11;49(1):38–41. doi: 10.3906/sag-1803-94

Table 2.

Distribution of length of hospital stay, return to work, operation time, and 24th hour VAS scores according to groups.

TEP OLR Total P*
LOS 1.05 ± 0.256 1.25 ± 0.530 1.16 ± 0.43 0.001
Return to work 8.67 ± 2.47 9.17 ± 2.4 8.93 ± 2.4 0.08
Operation time 49.2 ± 15.5 54.3 ± 14.6 51.8 ± 15.2 0.004
VAS score 2.24 ± 1.1 2.64 ± 1.3 2.44 ± 1.2 0.005

*Student’s t-test. LOS: Length of hospital stay. VAS: visual analogue scale. TEP: Laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal herniorrhaphy. OLR: open Lichtenstein repair.