Table 1.
Main patient characteristics
| N | 76 |
| Age years (SD) | 58.47 (16.58) |
| ≤ 70 n (%) | 54 (71.1) |
| > 70 | 22 (28.9) |
| Gender n (%) | |
| Male | 32 (41.1) |
| Female | 44 (57.9) |
| DM n (%) | |
| Yes | 10 (13.2) |
| Not | 66 (86.8) |
| COPD n (%) | |
| Yes | 4 (5.4) |
| Not | 70 (94.6) |
| Smokers n (%) | |
| Yes | 19 (27.1) |
| Not | 51 (72.9) |
| BMI kg/m2 (SD) | 27.54 (4.25) |
| ≥ 30 n (%) | 19 (27.5) |
| < 30 | 50 (72.5) |
| Weight kg, (SD) | 74.51 (11.76) |
| Height cm (SD) | 163.82 (8.31) |
| Previous umbilical hernia n (%) | |
| Yes | 7 (9.3) |
| Not | 68 (90.7) |
| Surgery type n (%) | |
| Cholecystectomy | 60 (78.9) |
| Sigmoidectomy | 8 (10.5) |
| Nissen fundoplication | 6 (7.9) |
| Suprarrenalectomy | 1 (1.3) |
| Appendectomy | 1 (1.3) |
| Laparoscopic approach n (%) | |
| Hasson | 76 (100) |
| Veress | 0 |
| Operative time minutes (SD) | 86.89 (44.13) |
| Surgeon’s experience n (%) | |
| Junior | 9 (12) |
| Senior | 66 (88) |
| Diagnose n (%) | |
| Cholelithiasis | 39 (51.3) |
| Acute cholecystitis | 16 (21.1) |
| Colon cancer | 9 (11.8) |
| Hiatal hernia | 5 (6.6) |
| Chronic cholecystitis | 4 (5.3) |
| Porcelain Gallbladder | 1 (1.3) |
| Adrenal adenoma | 1 (1.3) |
| Acute appendicitis | 1 (1.3) |
| Malignancy n (%) | |
| Benign | 67 (88.2) |
| Malign | 9 (11.8) |
| Surgical wound infection classification n (%) | |
| Clean | 8 (10.5) |
| Clean–contaminated | 44 (57.9) |
| Contaminated | 24 (31.6) |
| Emergency n (%) | |
| Elective | 51 (67.1) |
| Urgent | 25 (32.9) |
| TSIHc n (%) | 21 (27.6) |
| 5 mm/TSIH | 1 (4.76) |
| 10 mm/TSIH | 20 (95.23) |
| TSIHu n (%) | 18 (23.7) |
| 5 mm/HLA TSIH | 1 (5.5) |
| 10 mm/HLA TSIH | 17 (94.45) |
| Symptomatic | 8 (47.1) |
| Asymptomatic | 10 (52.9) |
| Content n (%) | |
| Omentum | 13 (70.6) |
| Small bowel | 3 (17.6) |
| Both | 2 (11.8) |
| Transverse diameter mm (SD) | 13.39 (7.55) |
| Cranio caudal diameter mm (SD) | 12.37 (8.52) |
| Follow up months (SD) | 33.66 (4.36) |
DM diabetes mellitus, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, BMI body mass index, TSIHc trocar site incision hernia clinically diagnosed, TSIHu trocar site incision hernia diagnosed radiologically