Table 3.
Survey answers—symptoms and trocar site hernia
| TSH N = 16 |
No TSH N = 55 |
Total N = 71 |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discomfort from the incisionsa | 0 | 6 (10.9) | 6 (8.5) | 0.326d |
| Belief in having a TSH | 3 (18.8) | 4 (7.3) | 7 (9.9) | 0.185d |
| Have sought medical advice because of discomfort caused by the GS procedureb | 2c (12.5) | 8 (14.5) | 10 (14.1) | 1.000d |
| Discomfort from the insicionsa + Belief in having a TSH | 0 | 3 (5.5) | 3 (4.2) | 0.143d |
| Belief in having a TSH + Have sought medical advice because of discomfort caused by the GS procedureb | 1c (6.3) | 2 (3.6) | 3 (4.2) | 1.000d |
| Discomfort from the incisionsa + Have sought medical advice because of discomfort caused by the GS procedureb | 0 | 4 (7.3) | 4 (5.6) | 0.467d |
Data are presented as numbers (percentages)
TSH Trocar site hernia, GS gastric sleeve
aAny discomfort (0–6)
bAny type of discomfort (pain;TSH;other)
cThese patients sought medical advice because of pain, not specified to pain from TSH
dFisher’s exact test