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Table 1 Baseline patients’ characteristics and surgical parameters

From: Gynaecologists estimate and experience laparoscopic hysterectomy as more difficult compared with abdominal hysterectomy

 

AH (n = 35)

LH (n = 37)

p

Age (years)

48.1 ± 9.5

50.0 ± 9.2

0.208

Parity

1.5 ± 1.3

1.9 ± 1.2

0.137

BMI (kg/m2)

26.4 ± 3.9

26.7 ± 5.8

0.774

Uterine size (weeks)

9.2 ± 4.2

9.7 ± 5.2

0.875

Estimated difficultya

3.0 ± 1.6

4.3 ± 2.4

0.023

Experienced difficultya

3.4 ± 2.2

4.8 ± 2.5

0.018

Surgery time (min)

82 ± 32

121 ± 31

<0.01

Blood loss (ml)

402 ± 299

204 ± 172

<0.01

  1. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation
  2. AH abdominal hysterectomy, LH laparoscopic hysterectomy
  3. aEstimated and experienced difficulty rated on a 0–10 Visual Analogue Scale, where a higher score denotes a higher difficulty level