Total laparoscopic hysterectomy for benign disease: outcomes and literature analysis

Table 4 Comparison with literature: baseline characteristics

Authors	N. Pt		Mean age (year)^a	Mean BMI^a	Mean uterus weight (g)^a	Mean operative time (min)^a	Mean hospital stay (days)^a
Kim 2015 [5]	366	Retrospective study	47.7 ± 7.4	24.9 ± 2.6	259 ± 149	149.3 ± 59	5.5 ± 2.0
Wallwiener 2013 [6]	294	Prospective study	48.4 ± 8.5	25.6 ± 5.1	220 ± 205	103 ± 36	4.9 ± 2.8
Twijnstra 2012 [7]	960	Cohort analysis	48.8 ± 11.3	27.5 ± 5.7	217 ± 196	118 ± 40	–
Boosz 2011 [8]	567	Retrospective study	47.9 ± 9.1	26.2 ± 5.3	243 ± 198	104 ± 44	–
Morelli 2007 [9]	200	Randomized trial	41.2 ± 4.4	26.3 ± 3.7	–	86 ± 3	2.9 ± 1.4
Ng 2007 [10]	435	Retrospective study	47.5 (34–72)^b	19.2 (12–34)^b	–	136(40-257)^b	2.7(1-20)^bc
Present study	361	Prospective study^d	49.6 ± 6.5	25.8 ± 5.6	327 ± 249	113 ± 36	2.6 ± 1.1 (1–12)^b

^aMean ± SD
^bMean (range)
^cData considered for 427 patients with a successful TLH (no laparotomy conversion)
^dRetrospective analysis of a prospective collected database