Increased rate of day surgery use for inguinal and femoral hernia repair in a decade of hospital admissions in the Veneto Region (north-east Italy): a record linkage study

Table 2 Unilateral surgery for hernia repair by type of admission

Inguinal hernia	Total	With mesh						Without mesh
		*Admission >1 day*		*Day-surgery*		Total	Day-surgery	*Admission >1 day*		*Day-surgery*		Total	Day-surgery
	n	n	Mean LOS	n	Mean accesses	n	%	n	Mean LOS	n	Mean accesses	n	%
0 y	1282	7	2.4	2	2.0	9	22	702	3.4	571	2.2	1273	45
01-05 y	4345	19	2.6	15	2.3	34	44	1424	1.9	2887	2.5	4311	67
06-14 y	2108	19	1.9	76	1.8	95	80	514	2.0	1499	2.4	2013	75
15-24 y	2216	316	2.0	1754	1.8	2070	85	41	2.4	105	2.0	146	72
25-44 y	19289	2667	2.1	15952	1.8	18619	86	185	2.9	485	1.8	670	72
45-64 y	44727	7683	2.4	35686	1.8	43369	82	491	3.3	867	2.1	1358	64
65-74 y	27396	6554	3.0	19906	1.8	26460	75	453	3.8	483	1.9	936	52
75-84 y	15972	5522	3.5	9790	1.9	15312	64	414	5.9	246	1.7	660	37
≥ 85 y	2777	1477	4.5	1166	1.8	2643	44	111	7.3	23	1.3	134	17
*Total*	*120112*	*24264*	*2.9*	*84347*	*1.8*	*108611*	78	*4335*	*3.1*	*7166*	*2.3*	*11501*	62
Femoral hernia	Total	With mesh						Without mesh
		*Admission >1 day*		*Day-surgery*		Total	% Day-surgery	*Admission >1 day*		*Day-surgery*		Total	% Day-surgery
	n	n	Mean LOS	n	Mean accesses	n		n	Mean LOS	n	Mean accesses	n
0 y	1							1	1.0			1	0
01-05 y	17							6	1.7	11	2.5	17	65
06-14 y	22			3	1.0	3	100	9	2.1	10	1.6	19	53
15-24 y	37	10	2.6	16	1.6	26	62	3	1.7	8	1.1	11	73
25-44 y	597	144	2.1	331	1.8	475	70	35	2.5	87	1.6	122	71
45-64 y	1290	460	2.9	608	1.8	1068	57	98	4.1	124	1.6	222	56
65-74 y	1040	466	3.8	373	1.9	839	44	126	4.3	75	1.6	201	37
75-84 y	1156	621	4.9	282	1.8	903	31	200	7.3	53	1.6	253	21
≥ 85 y	517	339	6.2	33	1.8	372	9	140	8.5	5	1.4	145	3
*Total*	*4677*	*2040*	*4.2*	*1646*	*1.8*	*3686*	45	*618*	*6.0*	*373*	*1.6*	*991*	38

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