Table 1.

Demographics of patients with inguinal hernia established during hernia repair operation

Variables	OIHR (N = 11,083)		LIHR (N = 1361)
	Male	Female	Male	Female
Right	5394	605	278	226
Left	3470	562	160	204
Bilateral	822	230	184	309
Total	9686	1397	622	739

OIHR open inguinal hernia repair, LIHR laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair