Table 3.

Perioperative and 1-year follow-up outcome.

	Procedure
	Open	Laparoscopic	p	All patients
	n (%)	n (%)		n (%)
Intraop. complications	1 (0.7)	1 (1.4)	0.612	2 (0.9)
General complications	5 (3.6)	1 (1.4)	0.384	6 (2.8)
Postop. complications	9 (6.5)	5 (7.2)	0.834	15 (7.2)
Bleeding	2 (1.4)	1 (1.4)	0.995	3 (2.8)
Seroma	5 (3.6)	2 (2.9)	0.793	7 (3.3)
Wound healing disorder	4 (2.9)	1 (1.4)	0.527	5 (2.4)
Infection	1 (0.7)	1 (1.4)	0.612	2 (0.9)
Reoperation	3 (2.2)	2 (2.9)	0.743	5 (2.4)
Duration of OP (mean in min)	48.7 [47.1 – 50.3]	56.1 [54.6 – 57.6]	0.025
Time to discharge (mean in days)	3.2 [1.2 – 5.2]	3.4 [2.0 – 4.9]	0.341
Recurrence on 1-year follow-up	3 (2.2)	5 (7.2)	0.072	8 (3.8)
Pain requiring treatment on 1-year follow-up	5 (3.6)	4 (5.8)	0.463	9 (4.3)
Seroma on 1-year follow-up	7 (5.0)	4 (5.8)	0.817	11 (5.2)
Infection on 1-year follow-up	4 (2.9)	1 (1.4)	0.527	5 (2.4)