Table 3.

Indications for incisional hernia repair according to patients

	Primary raison for repair	Secondary reasons for repair	Total times mentioned
Presence of a bulge	124 (60%)	52 (19%)	176 (37%)
Pain	40 (19%)	45 (17%)	85 (18%)
Discomfort	11 (5%)	137 (51%)	148 (31%)
Episodes of incarceration	3 (1%)	7 (3%)	10 (2%)
Aesthetic	3 (1%)	20 (7%)	23 (5%)
Recurrence	7 (3%)	3 (1%)	10 (2%)
Acute incarceration	7 (3%)	–	7 (1%)
Advice of the surgeon	8 (4%)	3 (1%)	11 (2%)
Don’t know	7 (3%)	–	7 (1%)
	210 (100%)	267 (100%)	477 (100%)