From: Incidence of pain after inguinal hernia repair in the elderly. A retrospective historical cohort evaluation of 18-years’ experience with a mesh & plug inguinal hernia repair method on about 3000 patients
Group A <65 yrs.
(1795 pts.)
Group B >65 yrs.
(1107 pts.)
Cardiovascular
437
449
Respiratory
122
131
Metabolic
105
102
Hematologic
41
8
Neurologic
38
7
Others
62
241
Total
805
(44.8% of cohort)
938
(84.7% of cohort)