Table 3 Nerve prevalence according to inguinal hernia dimension
From: Dermatome Mapping Test in the analysis of anatomo-clinical correlations after inguinal hernia repair
Inguinal nerve | Prevalence [n (% column)] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
≤ 3 cm n.70 | > 3 cm n.45 | Series n. 115 | P (< 0.05) | |
IH | 49 (70) | 34 (76) | 83 (72.2) | 0.516 |
II | 62 (89) | 33 (76) | 95 (82.6) | 0.035 |
GF | 35 (50) | 21 (47) | 56 (48.7) | 0.727 |
IH + II + GF | 23 (33) | 13 (29) | 36 (31.3) | 0.654 |