Three-dimensional reconstruction under computed tomography and myopectineal orifice measurement under laparoscopy for quality control of inguinal hernia treatment

Table 5 Influence of hernia side and hernia type on the size of the myopubic foramen, mean ± SD

	Intraoperative AC	Intraoperative BD	Preoperative AC	Preoperative BD	MPO area
Hernia side
Right (n = 43)	7.07 ± 0.48	6.29 ± 0.58	7.26 ± 0.49	6.11 ± 0.40	19.56 ± 3.30
Left (n = 23)	6.96 ± 0.55	6.15 ± 0.67	7.10 ± 0.47	6.04 ± 0.42	19.10 ± 3.42
t	0.620	0.683	1.270	0.689	0.536
P	0.539	0.499	0.209	0.493	0.594
Hernia type
Oblique hernia (n = 48)	7.02 ± 0.49	6.33 ± 0.60	7.21 ± 0.48	6.12 ± 0.39	19.59 ± 3.25
Direct hernia (n = 15)	7.12 ± 0.46	6.22 ± 0.66	7.26 ± 0.48	6.15 ± 0.44	19.98 ± 3.12
t	-0.548	0.496	-0.347	-0.250	-0.414
P	0.586	0.622	0.729	0.804	0.680

AC: Distance between point A and point C, the length of the myopectineal orifice; BD: Distance between point B and point D, the width of the myopectineal orifice; MPO: Myopectineal orifice.