Patient

Gender

Age

Laterality

Duration of herni (months)

# of nerves counted through pores of mesh

Total number of nerves

Percentage of ingrown nerves (%)

Tissue area

(200× fields)

Tissue area adjusted

(-7.3%)

Nerve density raw

(nerves/200× field)

Nerve density adjusted

Virgin tissue

1

M

32

R

1

5

18

0.28

0.28

2

F

26

R

3

13

26

0.5

0.50

3

M

62

L

2

1

8

0.13

0.13

4

M

62

L

7

3

10

0.33

0.33

5

M

35

L

3

2

11

0.18

0.18

6

M

57

R

12

1

11

0.09

0.09

7

M

31

R

3

23

40

0.6

0.60

8

M

63

L

1

5

27

0.2

0.20

9

M

61

R

24

21

21

0.2

0.20

10

F

76

L

7

18

30

0.6

0.60

Scar tissue

1

M

57

L

12

17

45

0.38

0.38

2

M

44

R

12

39

78

0.5

0.50

3

M

24

R

2

8

17

0.47

0.47

4

M

61

R

12

2

14

0.14

0.14

5

M

74

L

12

21

54

0.39

0.39

6

M

54

L

12

164

229

0.72

0.72

7

M

59

L

2

29

45

0.64

0.64

8

M

75

R

1

29

28

1.04

1.04

9

M

55

L

9

13

57

0.23

0.23

10

M

65

R

5

11

38

0.29

0.29

Mesh/Scar tissue

1

M

79

R

84

0

48

0%

206

191

0.23

0.25

2

M

67

L

13

1

9

11.1%

70

65

0.13

0.14

3

M

82

L

84

1

11

9.0%

53

49

0.2

0.22

4

M

65

R

22

1

37

2.7%

335

311

0.11

0.12

5

M

68

L

36

1

46

2.1%

62

57

0.74

0.80

6

M

53

R

42

2

49

4.1%

181

168

0.27

0.29

7

M

60

R

24

2

32

6.3%

173

160

0.18

0.20

8

M

37

R

18

3

19

15.8%

110

102

0.17

0.19

9

M

51

L

24

3

128

2.3%

168

156

0.76

0.82

10

M

71

L

17

3

23

13%

103

95

0.06

0.24