Table 3 Relationships between preoperative factors (clinical factors and comorbidities) and incidence of inguinal hernia (IH) developing after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) (N = 307)
From: Incidence and risk factors of inguinal hernia after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy
Preoperative clinical factors | Incidence of IH after RARP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | P value | ||
Age (years) | <67 | 132 (43%) | 13 (5%) | 0.653 |
≥67 | 145 (47%) | 17 (6%) | ||
Body mass index (kg/m2) | <24 | 92 (34%) | 12 (4%) | 0.820 |
≥24 | 151 (55%) | 18 (7%) | ||
Smoking history | Absent | 104 (34%) | 14 (5%) | 0.337 |
Present | 172 (56%) | 16 (5%) | ||
History of IH repair | Absent | 268 (87%) | 29 (9%) | 0.980 |
Present | 9 (3%) | 1 (1%) | ||
History of lower abdominal surgery | Absent | 212 (69%) | 25 (8%) | 0.399 |
Present | 65 (21%) | 5 (2%) | ||
Prostate-specific antigen (ng/ml) | <8 | 143 (46%) | 18 (6%) | 0.383 |
≥8 | 134 (44%) | 12 (4%) | ||
cT stage | cT1c | 225 (73%) | 24 (8%) | 0.870 |
≥cT2 | 52 (17%) | 6 (2%) | ||
Preoperative comorbidities | No | Yes | P value | |
Cerebral vascular disease | Absent | 266 (87%) | 28 (9%) | 0.369 |
Present | 11 (3%) | 2 (1%) | ||
Hypertension | Absent | 123 (40%) | 18 (6%) | 0.124 |
Present | 154 (50%) | 12 (4%) | ||
Diabetes mellitus | Absent | 237 (77%) | 26 (9%) | 1.000 |
Present | 40 (13%) | 4 (1%) | ||
Hyperlipidemia | Absent | 198 (64%) | 19 (6%) | 0.399 |
Present | 79 (26%) | 11 (4%) | ||
Ischemic heart disease | Absent | 248 (81%) | 28 (9%) | 0.752 |
Present | 29 (9%) | 2 (2%) | ||