Percutaneous Internal Ring Suturing (PIRS) – The Benefits of Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair

Figures & data

Table 1 Patients’ Demographics

	The Study Group	The Control Group
n	276	274
Girls/Boys ratio	0.9:1	0.17:1
Mean age (years)	4.8	5.69
SD age (years)	3.51	4.47

Table 2 Preoperative and Intraoperative Diagnosis vs Sex in the Study and Control Group

Variable	Sex	Study Group Preoperative Diagnosis		Study Group Intraoperative Diagnosis		Control Group Diagnosis
		n	%	n	%	n	%
No hernia	Female	0	0.00	2	0.72	0	0.00
	Male	0	0.00	5	1.81	0	0.00
Right-sided hernia	Female	80	28.98	59	21.38	27	9.85
	Male	85	30.80	74	26.81	144	52.56
Left-sided hernia	Female	34	12.32	25	9.06	13	4.74
	Male	48	17.39	32	11.59	90	32.85
Bilateral hernia	Female	17	6.16	45	16.31	0	0.00
	Male	12	4.35	34	12.32	0	0.00

Figure 1 Preoperative and intraoperative diagnosis vs sex (female).

Figure 2 Preoperative and intraoperative diagnosis vs sex (male).

Table 3 Duration of the Laparoscopic Surgery Analysis

Intraoperative Diagnosis	Sex	n	M	Me	Min	Max	Q1	Q3	SD
No hernia	F	2	23.33	25.00	20.00	25.00	20.00	25.00	2.89
	M	5	17.50	15.00	15.00	25.00	15.00	20.00	5.00
Right-sided hernia	F	59	25.63	20.00	10.00	65.00	20.00	30.00	10.53
	M	74	34.80	27.50	15.00	95.00	25.00	40.00	17.45
Left-sided hernia	F	25	27.20	25.00	10.00	50.00	20.00	35.00	9.14
	M	32	37.19	35.00	15.00	85.00	25.00	45.00	17.22
Bilateral hernia	F	45	34.02	30.00	17.00	100.00	25.00	40.00	13.39
	M	34	40.43	30.00	20.00	100.00	25.00	45.00	20.63

Table 4 Comparison of the Study and the Control Group

		The Study Group	The Control Group
Unilateral hernia repair	The mean duration of surgery	26 min 35 sec	36 min 10 sec
	The mean duration of anesthesia	45 min 55 sec	43 min 15 sec
Bilateral hernia repair	The mean duration of surgery	32 min 40 sec	–
	The mean duration of anesthesia	51 min 55 sec	–
The CPPV incidence		53 (19%)	0
The metachronous contralateral hernia incidence		0	16 (5.84%)
The recurrence rate		10 (4.04%)	5 (1.82%)