Table 2.

Patient Demographics and Operation Statistics for Cost-effective Hysterectomy Technique at Lamar Regional Healthcare Center

Patients (n)	26
Age (years)	42.9 (31–56)
Evaluation Period	September 2001–September 2002
Follow-up Time (months)	6.7 (2–14)
Procedures	46 (1.77 per patient)
Classical intrafascial supracervical hysterectomy alone	9
Classical intrafascial supracervical hysterectomy with additional procedure	17
Salping- and oophorectomy bilateral	8
Salping- and oophorectomy unilateral	4
Vaginal suspension	4
Cholecystectomy, cystoscopy, femoral hernia repair and lipoma excision	1 each
Operation Time
Classical intrafascial supracervical hysterectomy alone (n=9)	3 h 14 min (2 h 35 min–3 h 55 min)
Classical intrafascial supracervical hysterectomy plus 1 additional procedure (n=14)	3 h 42 min (2 h 45 min–4 h 55 min)
Classical intrafascial supracervical hysterectomy plus 2 additional procedures (n=3)	3 h 32 min (3 h 10 min–3 h 50 min)
Estimated Blood Loss (mL)	85.2 (15–250)
Recovery Room Time (min)	41.9 (0 h 30 min–1 h 30 min)
Time From OR to Discharge (including recovery room time)	5 h 40 min (2 h 40 min–17 h 10 min)