Table 1 Emergency and elective hernia repairs from March 2020 to January 2021 (COVID-19 group) and March 2019 to January 2020 (Control group)
Inguinal hernia repair | Ventral abdominal wall hernia | Total hernia repair | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Emergency | Elective | p 0.34 | Emergency | Elective | p 0.01 | Emergency | Elective | p 0.44 | |
COVID-19 | 26 (6%) | 389 (94%) | 42 (26%) | 122 (74%) | 68 (12%) | 511 (88%) | |||
Control group | 40 (8%) | 467 (92%) | 38 (16%) | 205 (84%) | 78 (10%) | 672 (90%) | |||