Table 4 Postoperative outcomes

Short-term outcomes (30 postop days)

AWS N = 114

GS N = 123

P value

Length of stay days (SD)

4.9 (10.15)

4.4 (7.27)

0.50

Operative time min (SD)

103.8 (73.21)

83.3 (52.58)

0.01

Intraoperative complications N (%)

2 (1.8)

2 (1.6)

0.94

Postoperative short term complications N (%)

26 (22.8)

36 (29.3)

0.26

 Exitus N (%)

2 (1.8)

0 (0)

0.14

 Hematoma N (%)

2 (1.8)

6 (4.9)

0.18

 Seroma N (%)

13 (11.4)

16 (13)

0.71

 Wound infection N (%)

8 (7)

11 (8.9)

0.58

 Skin necrosis N (%)

1 (0.9)

3 (2.4)

0.35

 Urinary infection N (%)

2 (1.8)

4 (3.3)

0.46

 Respiratory infection N (%)

2 (1.8)

4 (3.3)

0.46

 Other complications N (%)

5 (4.4)

8 (6.5)

0.47

 Reoperations N (%)

1 (0.9)

4 (3.3)

0.20

Follow-up outcomes (min. 1 year)

N = 92 (80.7)^a

N = 83 (67.7)^a

P value

Chronic infection N (%)

0

1 (0.6)

0.47

Mesh removal N (%)

0

0

Recurrence N (%)

11 (12)

24 (28.9)

0.008