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

Table 7 Predictors for overall recurrence after open mesh repair-univariate analysis

	Yes	No	P value
Gender male/female	9/8	25/31	0.55
Age at hernia surgery, yr, mean ± SD	57 ± 11	57 ± 12	1.0
Period of follow-up, mo ± SD	56 ± 26	57 ± 30	0.91
Charlson index			0.86
0	3 (18.8)	13 (81.3)
1	6 (31.6)	13 (68.4)
2	4 (21.1)	15 (78.9)
3	3 (25.0)	9 (75.0)
4, 5, 6	1 (14.3)	6 (85.7)
COPD	3 (25.0)	9 (75.0)	0.88
Smoking	10 (38.5)	16 (61.5)	0.02
BMI, kg/m2, mean ± SD	31 ± 6.0	29 ± 5.1	0.25
BMI (kg/m2) (%)18.5-24.9	2 (20.0)	8 (80.0)	0.80
BMI (kg/m2) (%) 25.0-29.9	5 (19.2)	21 (80.8)
BMI (kg/m2) (%) 30.0-39.9	10 (27.8)	26 (72.2)
Emergency operation	3 (25.0)	9 (75.0)	1.0
Hernia type			1.0
Incisional	14 (23.7)	45 (76.3)
Non-incisional	3 (21.4)	11 (78.6)
Recurrent hernia	2 (15.4)	11 (84.6)	0.72
Hernia area, cm2, mean ± SD	39 ± 56	47 ± 52	0.60
1Incisonal hernia area < 70 cm2	11 (26.8)	30 (73.2)	0.48
Incisonal hernia area ≥ 70 cm2	2 (14.3)	12 (85.7)
Non-incisonal hernia area < 13 cm2	2 (15.4)	11 (84.6)	0.21
Non-incisonal hernia area ≥ 13 cm2	1	0
Mesh area, cm2, mean ± SD	186 ± 112	184 ± 131	0.97
Operative time, min, mean ± SD	97 ± 65	90 ± 36	0.56
Preop antibiotics	8 (24.2)	25 (75.8)	0.70
Surgeons experience			0.98
Less experient	6 (23.1)	20 (76.9)
Modest experient	11 (23.4)	36 (76.6)
Mesh			0.63
Goretex	4 (26.7)	11 (73.3)
Polypropylene	5 (19.2)	21 (80.8)
Unknown	0	6
Other	5 (23.8)	16 (76.2)
Postoperative complications	11 (36.7)	19 (63.3)	0.02
Seroma	5 (35.7)	9 (64.3)	0.22
Wound infection	4 (30.8)	9 (69.2)	0.48
Postoperative antibiotics	7 (52.9)	10 (47.1)	0.05
Late complications	5 (35.7)	9 (64.3)	0.22
Postoperative stay, d, mean ± SD	8 ± 19	2 ± 2	0.02
Hernia belt	5 (15.6)	27 (84.4)	0.54

¹1 missing value with recurrence; 3 missing values without recurrence. COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.