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Table 3 Laparoscopy versus conventional surgery in gynecology, 2008

From: Laparoscopy in the public health system in Ecuador: an evaluation of the status quo and the education in minimally invasive surgery

Public hospitals in Quito, Ecuador—gynecology

Hospital

Ovarian mass

Hysterectomy

Endometriosis

Diagnostic

Infertility

Oncology

Subtotal

Total

Percentage

LAP

CS

LAP

CS

LAP

CS

LAP

CS

LAP

CS

LAP

CS

LAP

CS

No.

Percentage

No.

Percentage

HEE

0

7

0

119

0

0

4

3

1

3

0

4

5

3.5

136

96.5

141

12.7

HEG

0

0

0

181

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

181

100

181

16.4

HGOIA

22

13

13

167

0

0

23

3

13

3

0

0

71

27.6

186

72.4

257

23.2

HPAS

0

25

0

172

0

0

0

2

29

290

0

9

29

5.5

498

94.5

527

47.7

Subtotal

22

45

13

639

0

0

27

8

43

296

0

13

105

9.9

1,001

90.1

1,106

100.0