Table 3: Summary of the overall post-operative complications observed over the course of the study

Type	N	Actions
Early complications^a
Wound infection	4
Superficial	4	Supplement oral antibiotics
Deep (infected mesh)	0
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Haemoserous discharge	3	Regular change of dressing
Superficial haematoma	1	Conservative management
Symptomatic seroma	1	Conservative management
Late complications^b
Sinus formation (stitch)	1	Excision of Prolene stitch
Mesh explantation	0
Intraperitoneal complication	0
Hernia recurrence	0

^a Only one of the 9 early complications occurred in a patient with placement of mesh in a sublay position;
^b Out of a total of 83 patients that could be contacted between June and July 2013