Table 1 Participants opinion regarding colpotomy (N = 16 expert)

Number of hysterectomy procedures per year

35 (24)

Amount of TLH (%)

59 (24)

Amount of VH (%)

19 (21)

Amount of AH (%)

22 (15)

Estimated length of TLH procedure (minutes)

114 (24)

Estimated colpotomy time TLH (minutes)

20 (10)

Complexity of colpotomy TLH^a

2.8 (1.2)

Complexity of colpotomy VH^a

2.0 (1.3)

Complexity of colpotomy AH^a

1,4 (.6)

Estimated colpotomy vs total OR time (%)

18 (11)

TLH vs VH

2.8 vs 2.0

.08

TLH vs AH

2.8 vs 1.4

< .001

VH vs AH

2.0 vs 1.4

.02