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Table 4 Group A (IBS®) demographic characteristics, type, and size of myomas, and associated hysteroscopic findings and symptoms

From: Hysteroscopic myomectomy with the IBS® Integrated Bigatti Shaver versus conventional bipolar resectoscope: a retrospective comparative study

No. of patients

76

No. of myomas

88

Age, mean ± SD (95 % CI), years

47.3 ± 10.1 (43.7; 50.9)

Parity, no. (%)

 Nulliparous

36 (47.4)

 Pluriparous

40(52.6)

Submucous myomas, no. (%)

 1

66 (86.8)

  >1

10 (13.2)

Myomas’ size, mm

 Principal myoma, mean ± SD (95 % CI)

21.9 ± 10.1 (18.6–25.3)

 Second myoma, mean ± SD (95 % CI)

23.5 ± 11.4 (12.6–34.4)

Type of principal myomas, no. (%)

 Wamsteker classification

 

 G0 28 (31.8)

 

 G1 28 (31.8)

 

 G2 32 (36.4)

 

Associated hysteroscopic findings, no. (%)

 None

66/76 (86.9)

 Polyp

9/76 (11.8)

 Synechiae

1/76 (1.3)

Symptoms, no. (%)a

 None

44/76 (57.9)

 Menorrhagia

18/76 (23.6)

 Infertility

10/76 (13.1)

 Pelvic pain

10/76 (13.1)

  1. Normally distributed variables are summarized as mean and lower and upper quartiles computed at 0.05; non-normally distributed variables are given as median and interquartile range
  2. SD standard deviation, CI confidence interval 95 %
  3. aPatient may have more than one symptom