Research Article
Strangulated Hernia Can Be a Risk Factor of Seroma following Laparoscopic Transabdominal Preperitoneal Repair
| | Seroma group | No seroma group | P value |
| Position of the hernia | | | 0.079 |
| Right (%) | 12 (48) | 114 (58) | |
| Left (%) | 13 (52) | 83 (42) | |
| Total | 25 | 197 | |
| Type of hernia | | | 0.87 |
| Primary (%) | 19 (76) | 16 (8) | |
| Recurrent (%) | 6 (24) | 181 (92) | |
| Total | 25 | 197 | |
| Hernia anatomy | | | 0.67 |
| Indirect (%) | 14 (56) | 122 (62) | |
| Direct (%) | 9 (36) | 50 (25) | |
| Femoral (%) | 1 (4) | 15 (7) | |
| Other (%) | 1 (4) | 10 (5) | |
| Total | 25 | 197 | |
| Strangulated hernia (%) | 3 (12) | 6 (3) | 0.036 |
| Size of hernia | | | 0.022 |
| small (≦3cm) (%) | 21 (84) | 188 (95) | |
| Large (>3cm) (%) | 4 (16) | 9 (5) | |
| Total | 25 | 197 | |
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Statistically significant |