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† |
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Successful, (n=68) |
Failed, (n=8) |
Successful, (n=66) |
Failed, (n=8) |
Successful, (n=75) |
Failed, (n=2) |
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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