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

Table 3 Perioperative, postoperative and late complications

	Laparoscopic	Open	P value
Postoperative complications - grading			0.39
Minor (I- IIIa)	18 (22.0)	22 (30.1)
Major (IIIb-IV)	7 (8.5)	8 (11.0)
Postoperative complications - type			0.17
Wound infection	6 (7.3)	13 (17.8)	0.05
Seroma	5 (6.1)	14 (19.2)	0.02
Deep infection	1 (1.2)	1 (1.4)
Pneumonia	2 (2.4)	1 (1.4)
Unclassified infection	3 (3.7)	4 (5.5)
Subcutaneous bleeding	4 (4.9)	2 (2.7)
Substantial pain	6 (7.3)	3 (4.1)
Others	2 (2.4)	2 (2.7)
Intraoperative complications - type			0.14
Enterotomy	0	4 (5.5)
Colotomy	1 (1.2)	0
Late complications - type			0.24
Subileus/ileus	3 (3.7)	0
Deep infection	1 (1.2)	2 (2.7)
Substantial pain	4 (4.9)	3 (4.1)
Hematoma	0	1 (1.4)
Seroma	4 (4.9)	2 (2.7)
Wound infection	1 (1.2)	4 (5.5)
Others	-	2 (2.7)

Data are numbers with precentages in brackets unless otherwise indicated.