Transurethral Resection of the Prostate (TURP) and concomitant inguinal hernioplasty: a single-center experience

BMC Urology

Table 4 Comparsion surgical outcome for open and laparoscopic hernioplasty

	Open hernioplasty N(%)	Laparoscopic hernioplasty N(%)	P value
Total number of patients	61	24
Age	71.1 ± 8.4 (year)	70.9 ± 6.2 (year)	0.886
Prostate volume	57.9 ± 27.5 (g)	66.4 ± 23.3(g)	0.183
Operation time	3 h 45 min ± 67 min	2 h 55 min ± 45 min	0.0011
Use of IV/IM form analgesics	23 (38%)	5 (21%)	0.6246
Duration of Foley catheter^a	54.5 ± 17.9 (hr)	44.7 ± 11 (hr)	0.0492
Re-catheterization	6 (10%)	1 (4%)	0.6762
Duration of hospital stay	3.15 ± 1.09 (Days)	2.73 ± 0.65 (Days)	0.2219

^aDuration of Foley Catheter: 75 patients were involved in this analysis, 53 underwent open hernioplasty and 22 underwent laparoscopic hernioplasty. 10 patients who underwent catheter reinsertion or had the catheter brought back were excluded

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