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Table 1 Demographic data

From: Long term outcome and quality of life after open incisional hernia repair - light versus heavy weight meshes

 

LW mesh

(Vypro®)

HW mesh

(Prolene®)

p

number of patients

12

12

 

sex ratio (male:female)

9:3

8:4

 

age (year)

58.3 ± 11.1

57.3 ± 11.8

0.840

number of risk factors

1.8 ± 0.7

2.3 ± 1.2

0.318

BMI (kg/m2)

28.7 ± 3.5

29.8 ± 3.7

0.462

hernia size (cm2)

226.0 ± 301.5

127.2 ± 97.2

0.292

operation length (min)

105.0 ± 41.8

110.4 ± 23.5

0.699

hospital stay (d)

10.4 ± 3.8

6.8 ± 5.5

0.078

  1. Data for the LW light weight and HW heavy weight group are presented as mean ± standard deviation. Differences were considered significant at p < 0.05.