Table 5.
Duration of the operation for OA vs. PIRS surgery and left- vs. right-sided inguinal hernia performed in males in the studied population.
| Variable | n (%) | M (SD) Minutes |
Me (IQR) Minutes |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Male | 689 (100) | 34.81 (10.21) | 35 (10) | |
| Method | ||||
| OA | 586 (85.05) | 35.56 (9.65) | 35 (10) | 0.000 * |
| PIRS | 103 (14.95) | 30.53 (12.10) | 25 (10) | |
| Location | ||||
| Left-sided hernia | 270 (39.19) | 35.50 (9.78) | 35 (10) | 0.085 nss |
| Right-sided hernia | 419 (60.81) | 34.37 (10.46) | 35 (10) |
* U Mann–Whitney test, p < 0.05, not statistically significant (nss) U Mann–Whitney test, p > 0.05 (α = 0.05). M (SD), mean (standard deviation); Me (IQR), median (interquartile range).