Table 2: Demographics, Clinical and Mesh Characteristics

Demographics characteristics
Total number of patients, n	100
Male/Female ratio	79/21
Age mean/median (range)	51.7/50 (27-80)
Clinical characteristics
Type of ventral hernia, n	101a
Primary	97
Incisional	3
Recurrent	1
Localisation of ventral hernia, n	101
Umbilical/paraumbilical	88
Epigastric	13
Non-reducible hernia, n	34
Mesh characteristics
Mesh size, n	101
4.3cm	11
6.4cm	80
8.0cm	10
Mesh positioning, n	101
Intraperitoneal	78
Retromuscular (Extra-peritoneal)	23 b
Associated pathologies
Total inguinal hernia, n	10c
Bilateral inguinal hernia	2 (1 recurrent bilateral)
Left inguinal hernia	4
Right inguinal hernia	2 (1recurrent)
Simple repair of umbilical hernia (no mesh)	1d

^a One patient treated with two Ventralex meshes for combined umbilical and ventral hernias; ^b Extra-peritoneal mesh placement started in May 2011; ^c All inguinal hernias treated at the same time endoscopically by TEP repair; ^d Patient with associated mesh repair of ventral hernia