Table 4.

Postoperative complications and occurrence of metachronous contralateral inguinal hernia

Variable	Total	Open	Laparoscopy	p value
No. of patients	105	39	66	-
Recurrence	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	-
Surgical site infection	1 (1.0)	0 (0)	1 (1.5)	>0.999
Hydrocele	10 (9.5)	3 (7.7)	7 (10.6)	0.741
Hematoma	2 (1.9)	2 (5.1)	0 (0)	0.136
Seroma	2 (1.9)	0 (0)	2 (3.0)	0.529
Totala)	14 (13.3)	5 (12.8)	9 (13.6)	>0.999
Occurrence of metachronous contralateral inguinal hernia	3 (2.9)	2 (5.1)	1 (1.5)	0.554

Values are presented as number only or number (%).

^a)Multiple complications could occur in the same patients.