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Table 2 Complication incidence distributed between study groups

From: Analyzing complications and implementing solutions in a pediatric inguinal hernia cooperation program in Equatorial Guinea: a prospective cohort study

Complications

Control group

(n = 188)

Group A

(n = 94)

Group Ba

(n = 62)

Early

 Intraoperative

  Iatrogenic vasectomy

0 (0%)

2 (2.13%)

0 (0%)

 During first week

  SSI

1 (0.53%)

7 (7.45%)

1 (1.61%)

  Hematoma

2 (1.06%)

5 (5.32%)

4 (6.45%)

  Wound dehiscence

1 (0.53%)

2 (2.13%)

0 (0%)

  Other (pain, inflammation)

2 (1.06%)

1 (1.06%)

2 (3.23%)

Late

 Relapse

3 (1.6%)

2 (2.13%)

N/D

 Hypertrophic scar

2 (1.065)

1 (1.06%)

N/D

Total

11 (5.85%)

20 (21.28%)

7 (11.29%)

  1. SSI Surgical site infection
  2. aAntibiotic prophylaxis