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Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients presenting with a femoral hernia (n = 72)
Characteristic No. (%)* Age, mean (range) yr 65 (32–78) Sex, no. male:female 13:59 Hernia Primary 73 (101.4) Bilateral 1 (1.4) Recurrent 0 Irreducible 65 (89.0) Reducible 8 (11.0) Duration of surgery, min 13.1 (10–19) Diameter of hernia ring, cm 1.3 (0.5–2.5) Hospital stay < 24 h 67 (93.0) 24 h 4 (5.6) > 24 h 1 (1.4) Complication Seroma 0 Wound infection 0 Cord edema 0 Recurrence 0 Postoperative pain, mean (range) VAS score Day 0 18.9 (9–65) Day 3 12.7 (5–60) Day 7 6.3 (0–40) ↵* Unless otherwise indicated.
Technique Duration of surgery, mean min. p value Prolene 3-dimentional patch, femoris approach 13 Bard mesh, infrainguinal approach (12) 40 < 0.001 Prolene Hernia System, inguinal approach (13) 27 < 0.001 Lichtenstein mesh, inguinal approach (13) 37 < 0.001