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Table 1 Patients' characteristics and operative outcome for the two-port method

From: Two-port method for laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy: approach and outcomes

Characteristics

Median (range), number (%)

Age (years)

46 (33–60)

Parity

2 (0–5)

Body mass index (kg/m2)

23.4 (17.6–29.6)

Operating time (min)

58 (30–150)

Uterine weight of removed specimen (g)

230 (60–660)

Hospital stay (day)

3 (2–7)

Estimated blood loss (mL)

200 (45–800)

Hemoglobin change (g/dL)

1.7 (0.1–3.8)

Complications (%)

1 (0.006)

Conversion to laparotomy (%)

0 (0)

Indications for LAVH

Number of subjects (n = 176; %)

Menorrhagia

102 (58.0)

Lower abdominal pain

41 (23.3)

Carcinoma in situ of the uterine cervix

17 (9.7)

Dysmenorrhea

14 (8.0)

Microinvasive SCC of the uterine cervix

2 (1.1)

Previous abdominal surgery

Number of subjects (n = 42; %)

Cesarean section

25 (14.2)

Appendectomy

7 (4.0)

Adnexectomy

6 (3.4)

Myomectomy

4 (2.3)

Histopathological diagnosis

Number of subjects (n = 176; %)

Leiomyoma

118 (67.0)

Adenomyosis

39 (23.3)

Carcinoma in situ of the uterine cervix

17 (9.7)

Microinvasive SCC of the uterine cervix

2 (1.1)

  1. SCC squamous cell carcinoma