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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: A value-based evaluation of minimally invasive hysterectomy approaches

Variable, mean (SD)a

LRH

LSH

RALH

TLH

LAVH

TVH

p value

Age, yearsb

47.7 (9.5)

45.5 (5.7)

48.9 (8.8)

47.8 (9.0)

48.4 (9.1)

49 (11.8)

< 0.0001

Uterine size, gmb

328.9 (343.1)

410.4 (461.6)

276.8 (266.3)

283.1 (292.2)

273.6 (301.8)

153.2 (101.6)

< 0.0001

Weight, kgb

79.5 (21.1)

84.8 (21.4)

86 (26.4)

78.4 (20.4)

80.4 (21.5)

79.3 (22.0)

< 0.0001

BMI, k/m2b

29.6 (7.3)

31.6 (7.4)

32 (9.6)

29.5 (7.1)

30.3 (8.4)

29.9 (7.5)

< 0.0001

Race (%)c

 Black

45

71

41

39.1

44.8

40

 

 White

46.8

20

50

42.4

42.3

42

 

 Other

6.7

8

9

17.5

11.9

18

< 0.0001

Prev abdominal

 Surgeries (%)c

  None

33.1

29.3

30.6

34.3

31.5

40.5

 

  1

33.6

34.4

30.9

35.2

38.7

37.2

 

  2

20

23.6

21.9

19.9

19.1

17.4

 

   > 2

13.4

12.7

16.7

10.5

10.7

5

< 0.0001

 Comorbid conditions (%)c

  None

44.4

41.2

34

46

42.6

45.5

 

  1

32.7

35.7

33.2

29.4

32.2

28.1

 

  ≥ 2

22.9

23.1

32.8

24.7

25.2

26.4

< 0.0001

Total cases

756

471

576

361

404

121

 
  1. LRH laparoscopic retroperitoneal hysterectomy, LSH laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy, RALH robotically assisted laparoscopic hysterectomy, TLH total laparoscopic hysterectomy, LAVH laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy, TVH total vaginal hysterectomy, BMI body mass index, SD standard deviation
  2. aUnless otherwise indicated, values are given as mean (standard deviation)
  3. bANOVA, analysis of variance, p < 0.001
  4. cChi-squared test p < 0.001
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