Table 3.

Comparison of the complications in groups

				OR (n = 961)		LPEC (n = 1098)		p value
Bleeding/hematoma				1.8% (19/1035)		0.1% (2/1577)		< 0.01*
Wound infection				1.1% (11/961)		0.3% (3/1098)		0.16
Iatrogenic ascending testis				0.4% (4/984)		0/1525		0.013*
Testicular atrophy				0.2% (2/984)		0/1525		0.078
Recurrence				1.3% (13/1035)		0.5% (6/1182)		0.056
MCIH				3.7% (33/887)		0.3% (3/1014)		< 0.01*

MCIH Metachronous Contralateral Inguinal Hernia

* p < 0.05 is statistically significant