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Table 4 Outcomes of surgery and recovery

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

Parameters

ELC group

US group

P value

Total operating time (min; SD)

144.2 (±36.2)

158.7 (±28.1)

NS

Time to LAVH, BSO, PLN

148.2 (±37.8)

155.4 (±26.7)

NS

Time to RALVH

185*

207.7 (±19.8)

NS

Time to bilateral PLN

63.6 (±8.5)

61.4 (±8.1)

NS

Total blood loss (ml; SD)

205.3 (±178.8)

188.6 (±92.2)

NS

Estimated blood loss to PLN

65 (±43.2)

80 (±35.4)

NS

Hemoglobin change (g/dl; SD)

1.4 (±1.2)

1.3 (±1.1)

NS

Complete hemostasis n (%)

37 (100)

80 (97.5)

NS

Conversion n (%)

1 (2.7)

1 (1.1)

NS

Number of lymph nodes (SD)

13.7 (±3.5)

18.1 (±5.3)

<0.001

Hospital stay (days; SD)

4.2 (±1.4)

3.4 (±1.3)

NS

  1. *Only one case