Elective “True Day Case” Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair in a District General Hospital: Lessons Learned from 1000 Consecutive Cases

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the study’s population.

	Total (N=1000)
Age (years)	57.3±15.2
Gender† (Male: Female)	927:73
Single side hernia†	761(76.1%)
Bilateral hernia†	239(23.9%)
BMI (Kg/m^2)	26.3±3.5
ASA grade†
(i) 1	454(45.4%)
(ii) 2	487(48.7%)
(iii) 3	59 (5.9%)

→ values as mean/SD and †→ values as frequencies/ percentages.