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. 2021 Sep 28;37(3):215–221. doi: 10.47717/turkjsurg.2021.5157

Table 1. Patient Characteristics and Operative Data.

  Group 1 (Laparoscopic PIRS) Group 2 (Open repair) p
N 85 55  
Male/Female 73/12 44/11  
Side Preoperative: Right: 42 Left: 24 Bilateral: 19 Postoperative: Right: 22 Left: 13 Bilateral: 50 Right: 30 Left: 16 Bilateral: 9  
Intraoperative complication None None  
Intraoperative finding Amyand’s hernia (n=1) Ischemic intestine (n=1) Amyand’s hernia (n= 1)  
Operative time Unilateral Bilateral Mean: 24 ± 4.14 minutes (17-34) Mean: 33 ± 3.70 minutes 29-44) Mean: 42 ± 5.27 minutes (35-58) Mean: 65 ± 8.55 minutes (51-79) p< 0.0001 p< 0.0001
Conversion to open surgery n= 1 (necrotic intestines) -  
Major postoperative complications n= 0 n= 1 iatrogenic undescended testis  
Recurrence n= 2 (1 and 11 months after the surgery) (both repaired laparoscopically) n= 2 (1 week and 3 months after the surgery) (both repaired laparoscopically) p> 0.05