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Table 2 Complications

From: Emergency groin hernia repair: implications in elderly

Patients n. 48

Age

Under 75

18 (37.5%)

Over 75

30 (62.5%)

Wound infection

8 (44.4%)

12 (40%)

Wound hematoma

5 (27.7%)

9 (30%)

Testicular swelling

3 (16.6%)

2 (6.6%)

Mesh infection

5(27.7%)

18(60%)

Severe bleeding

Urinary infections

Peritonitis

Respiratory disease

Ischemic heart disease

Neurological disease

4(22.2%)

9(50%)

0

5(27.7%)

2(11.1%)

0

14(46.6%)

20(66.6%)

1(3.3%)

10(33.3%)

3(10%)

1(3.3%)

Death

0

2 (6.6%)