Adhesions to Mesh after Ventral Hernia Mesh Repair Are Detected by MRI but Are Not a Cause of Long Term Chronic Abdominal Pain

Table 10

Multivariate analysis of clinical parameters of possible independent importance for creation of adhesions in 97 patients with clinical data and evaluable MR-scans.

		S.E.	Wald		Exp()
Age at hernia mesh repair	0.039	0.065	0.361	0.548	1.040
Charlson index	−1.813	0.898	4.073	0.044	0.163
Hernia width	0.088	0.195	0.205	0.651	1.092
Mesh area determined at mesh repair	−0.002	0.007	0.113	0.736	0.998
Mesh area determined by MRI	−0.019	0.010	3.851	0.050	0.981
Operative time	−0.006	0.011	0.298	0.585	0.994
Postoperative stay	0.078	0.473	0.027	0.869	1.081