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Table 8 Comparison of N°, type, and size of myomas in second-step procedures and conversions in Group A (IBS®) and second-step procedures in Group B (Versapoint®) at myomectomy during a 2-year period June 2011–June 2013

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

Operative II step procedures + conversions

 
 

Group A IBS® II Step P. (no. total = 7/76)

Group A IBS® Conversions (no. total = 9/76)

Tot.

Group B Versapoint II step P (no. total = 15/51)

P value a

N° of myomas per patient

 1

4/60 (6.7 %)

6/60 (10 %)

10(16.7 %)

13/46 (28.3 %)

0.2311

  >1

3/16 (18.8 %)

3/16(18.8 %)

6 (37.6 %)

2/5 (40 %)

0.6694

Type

 G0

2/28 (7.1 %)

4/28 (14.4 %)

6(21.5 %)

2/18 (11.1 %)

0.6153

 G1

2/28 (7.1 %)

1/28 (14.3 %)

3(21.4 %)

3/18 (16.7 %)

0.8914

 G2

5/32 (15.6 %)

7/32 (21.9 %)

12(37.5 %)

10/20 (50 %)

0.5491

Size (mm)

  < 30

3/61 (4.9 %)

1/61 (1.6 %)

4(6,5 %)A1

5/35 (10.52 %) B1

0.3753

 >/=30

4/27 (14.8 %)

8/27 (29.6 %)

12(44.4 %)A2

10/21 (43.75 %)B2

0.9418

N° total of myomas

88

56

 
  1. aYates corrected chi-square test