Long term recurrence, pain and patient satisfaction after ventral hernia mesh repair

Table 2 Perioperative characteristics (n = 155)

	Laparoscopic	Open	P value
Operative time, min, mean ± SD	117 ± 54	92 ± 44	0.002
Emergency hernia operation	0	12 (16.4)
Preoperative antibiotics	30 (36.6)	33 (45.8)	0.24
Postoperative antibiotics	12 (14.6)	17 (23.3)	0.17
Postoperative stay, d, median (IQR)	2 (1-3)	2 (1-4)	0.67
No. of trocars, median (range)	3 (3-6)	-	-
No. of tackers	28 (10-70)	-	-
Mesh types
Polypropylene	0	27 (38.0)
Marlex	0	7 (9.9)
Bard composix	20 (25.0)	5 (7.0)
Parietex composite	39 (48.8)	9 (12.7)
Proceed	7 (8.8)	1 (1.4)
TiMESH	2 (2.5)	1 (1.4)
Unknown	0	6 (8.5)
Unknown	0	6 (8.5)

Data are numbers with percentages in brackets unless otherwise indicated. IQR: Interquartile range.