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. 2024 Aug 29;25(3):116–123. doi: 10.4274/jtgga.galenos.2024.2023-6-11

Table 3. Success and failure of trocar insertion according to the studied variables in the three groups.

Subumbilical, (n=76)

p

Umbilical, (n=74)

p

Supraumbilical, (n=77)

p

Successful, (n=68)

Failed,

(n=8)

Successful, (n=66)

Failed,

(n=8)

Successful, (n=75)

Failed, (n=2)

Mean ± SD

Age, y

32.5±7.9

35.38±7.34

0.001

33.08±8.8

38.13±4.6

0.001

32.11±8.5

42.5±6.3

0.001

Gravidity, (n)

1.91±1.5

2.87±1.4

0.001

1.8±1.39

2.75±1.28

0.001

1.62±1.4

2±0

0.001

BMI, kg/m2

30.31±5.5

38.87±4

0.001

31.64±6.38

42.01±3.37

0.001

31.09±7.3

40.35±0.91

0.001

Waist circumstance, cm

89.61±10.91

108.75±11.28

0.001

91.43±11.63

115.12±6.49

0.001

92.61±15.31

118.5±4.9

0.001

Hip circumstance, cm

106.5±11.11

123.37±9.42

0.001

109.25±11.28

130.87±7.73

0.001

109.1±15.21

132.5±6.36

0.001

Abdominal subcutaneous fat thickness, cm

3.03±1.2

5.11±0.9

0.001

3.3±1.26

5.5±0.34

0.001

3.4±1.5

5.95±0.35

0.001

†Success and failure in each group compared by Student’s t-test, BMI: Body mass index, MD: Mean differences, SD: Standard deviation