Table 3: Patients' post-operative data.
Item |
Value/Range |
Mean
|
Postoperative fasting duration after being fully conscious (hours) |
2-4 |
3.9 ± 0.1 |
Potential postoperative complications · Scrotal emphysema for more than 6 hours · Groin pain and numbness · Testicular pain · Hematoma or seroma formation · Mesh infection or migration. |
Nil 0 0 0 0 0 |
|
Postoperative Pain Scoring by patients *(on scale of 0-5) |
1-3 |
1± 0.7 |
Hospitalization time (hours) |
9-13 |
10.2 ± 1 |
Re-hospitalized cases after discharge |
Nil |
|
Duration follow up (months) |
14-61 |
36 ± 5.3 |
Number of cases showed hernia recurrence |
Nil |
|
Patients needed any surgical procedure during follow up duration |
Nil |
|
*(Pain Score System: 1 = minimal pain need no analgesia; 2 = pain needs oral analgesia once; 3 = pain needs regular oral analgesia; 4 = pain needs parenteral analgesia; 5 = intolerable pain needs sedation)