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. 2022 Oct 12;74(6):1995–2001. doi: 10.1007/s13304-022-01378-3

Table 1.

Patient characteristics

BHM group CRM group P value
Age, median (IQR), years 58 (1–82) 57 (0–82) 0.84
Gender

Male

15 (53.6%)

Female

13 (46.4%)

Male

26 (60.5%)

Female

17 (39.5%)

0.57
BMI, median (IQR), kg/m2 28.8 (15–41.8) 27.5 (13.5–72.6) 0.71
Charlson comorbidity index, median (IQR) 3.5 (0–8) 3 (0–10) 0.6
Pre-operation

Yes

28 (100%)

No

0 (0%)

Yes

43 (100%)

No

0 (0%)

Number of pre-operations, median (IQR) 4.5 (1–6) 5 (1–6) 0.54
Existing stoma

Yes

2 (7.1%)

No

26 (92.9%)

Yes

14 (32.6%)

No

29 (67.4%)

0.01*
Type of hernia
 Primary 16 (57.1%) 28 (65.1%) 0.73
 Recurrent 12 (42.9%) 15 (34.9%)
 Open abdomen 7 (25%) 11 (25.6%)
 Ventral hernia 21 (75%) 32 (74.4%)
Hernia plane, median (IQR), cm2 220.7 (20.7–586.6) 107.8 (0.2–505.5) 0.17
Preoperative conditioning

Yes

12 (42.9%)

No

16 (57.1%)

Yes

16 (37.2%)

No

27 (62.8%)

0.64
 VAC 12 (100%) 12 (75%)
 Lavage 0 (0%) 4 (25%)
Antibiotics
 Preoperative

Yes

11 (39.3%)

No

17 (60.7%)

Yes

18 (42.9%)

No

24 (57.1%)

0.82
 Postoperative 20 (71.4%) 8 (28.6%) 37 (88.1%) 5 (11.9%) 0.08

*Significant less patients in the BHM group had stomata (CI 0.95)