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Table 2 Characteristics of women and type of surgery. LAVH laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy, BSO bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, PLN pelvic lymph node, RALVH radical laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy, IALN ipsilateral axillary lymph node, ELC electrosurgery, US ultrasound

From: Laparoscopic surgical staging for uterine malignancies using harmonic shears (UltraCision) in comparison to electrosurgery: operative technique, feasibility and complications

Parameter

ELC

US

P value

Number

37

82

 

Age (years)

54.5 (SD±10.3)

56.6 (SD±7.4)

NS

Weight (kg)

78.1 (SD±15.7)

82.3 (SD±12.3)

NS

Previous surgery n (%)

8 (21.6)

15 (18.7)

NS

Type of surgery n (%)*

 LAVH

1 (2.7)

2 (2.4)

 

 LAVH, BSO

6 (16.2)

3 (3.6)

 

 LAVH, BSO, PLN

26 (70.2)

52 (63.4)

 

 LAVH, BSO, PLN, IALN

3 (8.1)

5 (6.1)

 

 RALVH, PLN

1 (2.7)

14 (17.1)

 

 PLN

0 (0)

5 (6.1)

 

 PLN, IALN

0 (0)

1 (1.2)

 
  1. *The statistical difference was insignificant in a comparison of type of surgery (ELC LAVH group vs. US LAVH group); (ELC LAVH + LND group vs. US LAVH + LND group)