Table 1:
Characteristics of patients who underwent total laparoscopic hysterectomy for endometrial cancer
| No lymphadenectomy (N=2,049) | Lymphadenectomy (N=1,089) | Sentinel lymphadenectomy (N=144) | p | |
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| Age | 61.7±0.25 | 64.4±0.31 | 63.0±0.90 | <0.001 |
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| BMI | 35.8 (29.5–43.4) | 32.7 (27.4–39.0) | 36.5 (30.3–40.8) | <0.001 |
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| American Indian or | ||||
| Alaska Native | 8 (0.4) | 5 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Asian or Pacific | 72 (3.5) | 46 (4.2) | 3 (2.1) | <0.001 |
| Islander | 83 (4.1) | 58 (5.3) | 8 (5.6) | |
| Black | 1,716 (83.7) | 831 (76.3) | 132 (91.7) | |
| White | 170 (8.3) | 149 (13.7) | 1 (0.7) | |
| Unknown Race | ||||
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| Hypertension | 1,174 (57.3) | 618 (56.7) | 86 (59.7) | 0.79 |
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| Diabetes Mellitus | 506 (24.7) | 213 (19.6) | 34 (23.6) | 0.005 |
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| Current smoking | 167 (8.2) | 101 (9.3) | 12 (8.3) | 0.56 |
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| ASA score | ||||
| I No disturbance | 29 (1.4) | 15 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | |
| II Mild disturbance | 862 (42.1) | 498 (45.7) | 64 (44.4) | 0.02 |
| III Severe disturbance | 1,083 (52.9) | 553 (50.8) | 80 (55.6) | |
| IV Life threatening | 75 (3.7) | 23 (2.1) | 0 (0.0) | |
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| Stage of disease | ||||
| I | 1,750 (85.4) | 798 (73.3) | 123 (85.4) | <0.001 |
| II | 152 (7.4) | 142 (13.0) | 11 (7.6) | |
| III | 147 (7.2) | 149 (13.7) | 10 (7.0) | |
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| Year of operation | ||||
| 2015 | 867 (42.3) | 460 (42.2) | 24 (16.7) | <0.001 |
| 2016 | 1,182 (57.7) | 629 (57.8) | 120 (83.3) | |
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| Total OP time (min) | 141 (110–183) | 171 (133–211) | 166 (138–209) | <0.001 |
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| Total RVU | 15.0 (15.0–21.2) | 30.6 (29.2–32.0) | 24.9 (24.0–26.2) | <0.001 |
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| Surgical efficiency (RVU/min) | 0.12 (0.10–0.17) | 0.19 (0.15–0.25) | 0.15 (0.12–0.18) | <0.001 |
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| Length of stay | ||||
| Same day discharge | 171 (8.3) | 130 (11.9) | 8 (5.6) | 0.002 |
| Discharge after 1 day | 1,590 (77.6) | 805 (73.9) | 122 (84.7) | |
| Discharge after >1 day | 288 (14.1) | 154 (14.1) | 14 (9.7) | |
All data is presented as n (%) for categorical variables, mean ± standard error for normally distributed variables, and median with inter-quartile range for non-normally distributed continuous variables. BMI – body mass index; ASA – American Society of Anesthesiologists; OP – operative; RVU – relative value unit