Table 2.
Demographic data, risk factors, hernia size.
| Procedure | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | Laparoscopic | p | All patients | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 117 (84.2) | 65 (94.2) | 0.04 | 182 (87.5) |
| Female | 22 (15.8) | 4 (5.8) | 26 (12.5) | |
| BMI | ||||
| Underweight | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0) | 0.84 | 1 (0.5) |
| Normal weight | 37 (26.8) | 16 (23.2) | 53 (25.5) | |
| Overweight | 51 (37.0) | 27 (39.1) | 78 (37.5) | |
| Obesity/morbid | 49 (35.5) | 26 (37.7) | 75 (36.1) | |
| ASA score | ||||
| I | 0 (0) | 1 (1.4) | 0.22 | 1 (0.5) |
| II | 42 (30.2) | 16 (23.2) | 58 (27.9) | |
| III/IV | 97 (69.8) | 52 (75.4) | 149 (71.6) | |
| Risk factors | ||||
| COPD | 18 (12.9) | 10(14.5) | 0.76 | 28 (13.5) |
| Diabetes | 22 (15.8) | 7 (10.1) | 0.27 | 29 (13.9) |
| Smoking | 12 (8.6) | 9(13.0) | 0.32 | 21 (10.1) |
| Coagulopathy | 6 (4.3) | 1 (1.4) | 0.28 | 7 (3.4) |
| Aortic aneurysm | 4 (2.9) | 3 (4.3) | 0.58 | 7 (3.4) |
| Immunosupression | 1 (0.7) | 1 (1.4) | 0.61 | 2 (1.0) |
| Defect size (incisional) | ||||
| WI (<4 cm) | 72 (51.8) | 30 (43.5) | 0.46 | 102 (49.0) |
| WII (4–10 cm) | 64 (46.0) | 38 (55.1) | 102 (49.0) | |
| WIII (>10 cm) | 3 (2.2) | 1 (1.4) | 4 (1.9) | |
| Recurrent operation | 9 (6.5) | 3 (4.3) | 0.54 | 12 (5.7) |