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Table 1 Main patient characteristics

From: Incidence and risk factors for trocar-site incisional hernia detected by clinical and ultrasound examination: a prospective observational study

N

76

Age years (SD)

58.47 (16.58)

 ≤ 70 n (%)

54 (71.1)

 > 70

22 (28.9)

Gender n (%)

 Male

32 (41.1)

 Female

44 (57.9)

DM n (%)

 Yes

10 (13.2)

 Not

66 (86.8)

COPD n (%)

 Yes

4 (5.4)

 Not

70 (94.6)

Smokers n (%)

 Yes

19 (27.1)

 Not

51 (72.9)

BMI kg/m2 (SD)

27.54 (4.25)

 ≥ 30 n (%)

19 (27.5)

 < 30

50 (72.5)

Weight kg, (SD)

74.51 (11.76)

Height cm (SD)

163.82 (8.31)

Previous umbilical hernia n (%)

 Yes

7 (9.3)

 Not

68 (90.7)

Surgery type n (%)

 Cholecystectomy

60 (78.9)

 Sigmoidectomy

8 (10.5)

 Nissen fundoplication

6 (7.9)

 Suprarrenalectomy

1 (1.3)

 Appendectomy

1 (1.3)

Laparoscopic approach n (%)

 Hasson

76 (100)

 Veress

0

Operative time minutes (SD)

86.89 (44.13)

Surgeon’s experience n (%)

 Junior

9 (12)

 Senior

66 (88)

Diagnose n (%)

 Cholelithiasis

39 (51.3)

 Acute cholecystitis

16 (21.1)

 Colon cancer

9 (11.8)

 Hiatal hernia

5 (6.6)

 Chronic cholecystitis

4 (5.3)

 Porcelain Gallbladder

1 (1.3)

 Adrenal adenoma

1 (1.3)

 Acute appendicitis

1 (1.3)

Malignancy n (%)

 Benign

67 (88.2)

 Malign

9 (11.8)

Surgical wound infection classification n (%)

 Clean

8 (10.5)

 Clean–contaminated

44 (57.9)

 Contaminated

24 (31.6)

Emergency n (%)

 Elective

51 (67.1)

 Urgent

25 (32.9)

TSIHc n (%)

21 (27.6)

 5 mm/TSIH

1 (4.76)

 10 mm/TSIH

20 (95.23)

TSIHu n (%)

18 (23.7)

 5 mm/HLA TSIH

1 (5.5)

 10 mm/HLA TSIH

17 (94.45)

 Symptomatic

8 (47.1)

 Asymptomatic

10 (52.9)

Content n (%)

 Omentum

13 (70.6)

 Small bowel

3 (17.6)

 Both

2 (11.8)

Transverse diameter mm (SD)

13.39 (7.55)

Cranio caudal diameter mm (SD)

12.37 (8.52)

Follow up months (SD)

33.66 (4.36)

  1. DM diabetes mellitus, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, BMI body mass index, TSIHc trocar site incision hernia clinically diagnosed, TSIHu trocar site incision hernia diagnosed radiologically