Table 5.

Pain at rest, pain on exertion, pain requiring treatment and recurrence rates of primary elective unilateral inguinal hernia repair in men in TEP, TAPP and Lichtenstein technique with and without previous radical prostatectomy at 1-year follow-up (2010–2019) (n = 214,341)

	Pain at rest	Pain on exertion	Pain requiring treatment	Recurrence rate
Primary elective unilateral laparo-endoscopic inguinal hernia repairs in men without previous radical prostatectomy	n = 5.769/136.731 4.2%	n = 11.352/136.731 8.3%	n = 3.271/136.731 2.4%	n = 1.292/136.731 0.9%
Primary elective unilateral laparo-endoscopic inguinal hernia repairs in men after previous radical prostatectomy	n = 107/3.299 3.2%	n = 191/3.299 5.8%	n = 69/3.299 2.1%	n = 34/3.299 1.0%
	p = 0.0098	p < 0.001	p = 0.5964	p = 1.000
Primary elective unilateral inguinal hernia repairs in Lichtenstein technique in men without previous radical prostatectomy	n = 2.886/67.127 4.3%	n = 5.581/67.127 8.3%	n = 1.571/67.127 2.3%	n = 505/67.127 n = 0.8%
Primary elective unilateral inguinal hernia repairs in Lichtenstein technique in men after previous radical prostatectomy	n = 285/7.184 4.0%	n = 520/7.184 7.2%	n = 142/7.184 2.0%	n = 54/7.184 0.8%
	p = 0.3940	p = 0.0028	p = 0.1036	p = 1.000