Table 1 Characteristics of patients
From: Emergency inguinal hernia repair under local anesthesia: a 5-year experience in a teaching hospital
LA (n = 32) | GA (n = 58) | P | |
|---|---|---|---|
Mean age (SD) in years | 79.31(17.94) | 77.38(12.71) | 0.554 |
Sex | 0.126 | ||
Male | 20(62.5 %) | 45(77.6 %) | |
Female | 12(37.5 %) | 13(22.4 %) | |
BMI | 0.223 | ||
Mean (SD) | 23.10(3.45) | 24.29(3.20) | |
Site of hernia | 0.142 | ||
Right | 15(46.9 %) | 31(53.4 %) | |
Left | 17(53.1 %) | 27(46.6 %) | |
Type of hernia | 0.002* | ||
Primary | 31(96.9 %) | 49(84.5 %) | |
Recurrent | 1(3.1 %) | 9(15.5 %) | |
ASA Grade | 0.014* | ||
II | 17(53.1 %) | 42(72.4 %) | |
III | 11(34.3 %) | 16(27.6 %) | |
IV | 4(12.6 %) | 0(0 %) | |
Duration | 0.013* | ||
<6 h | 2(6.25 %) | 12(20.7 %) | |
6-12 h | 8(25 %) | 13(22.4 %) | |
12-24 h | 2(6.25 %) | 14(24.1 %) | |
>24 h | 20(62.5 %) | 19(32.8 %) |