Skip to main content
. 2011 Oct 5;2011:683703. doi: 10.1155/2011/683703

Table 2.

Operative characteristics.

Group A, laparoscopic (n = 34) Group B, robotic (n = 25) Group C, vaginal (n = 11) P
Docking time (min)
N 25
 Mean (SD) 21.5 (10.48)
 95% CI (17.2, 25.9)
 Range (4, 50)

Room time (min) <.0001
N 34 25 11
 Mean (SD) 281.4 (67.01) 378.1 (91.45) 218.5 (61.86)
 95% CI (258.0, 304.8) (340.4, 415.9) (176.9, 260.0)
 Range (172, 504) (207, 529) (117, 310)

Operative time (min) <.0001
N 34 25 11
 Mean (SD) 216.3 (62.74) 298.8 (89.70) 163.5 (61.89)
 95% CI (194.4, 238.2) (261.8, 335.9) (121.9, 205.0)
 Range (132, 452) (127, 466) (70, 254)

Operative time not including morcellation (min) <.0001
N 34 25 11
 Mean (SD) 208.3 (59.01) 286.2 (82.87) 163.5 (61.89)
 95% CI (187.7, 228.9) (252.0, 320.5) (121.9, 205.0)
 Range (132, 452) (127, 466) (70, 254)

Type of cases
 Teaching cases 34 (100%) 10 (40.00%) 11 (100%) <.0001
 Nonteaching cases 15 (60.00%)

Estimated blood loss (cc) 0.0505
N 34 25 11
 Mean (SD) 242.7 (211.37) 137.4 (107.50) 243.2 (127.52)
 95% CI (168.9, 316.4) (93.0, 181.8) (157.5, 328.9)
 Range (50, 1000) (20, 400) (50, 500)

Length of stay (days) 0.1280
N 34 25 11
 Mean (SD) 2.3 (1.06) 1.8 (0.88) 2.0 (1.00)
 95% CI (1.9, 2.7) (1.4, 2.1) (1.3, 2.7)
 Range (1, 5) (1, 4) (1, 4)

Conversions 0.8317
 Yes 2 (5.88%) 2 (8.00%)
 No 32 (94.12%) 23 (92.00%) 11 (100%)

Intraoperative complications 0.8610
 0 29 (85.29%) 20 (83.33%) 11 (100%)
 1 4 (11.76%) 3 (12.50%)
 2 1 (2.94%) 1 (4.17%)

Postoperative complications 0.8883
 0 24 (85.29%) 20 (80.00%) 8 (72.73%)
 1 9 (26.47%) 4 (16.00%) 3 (27.27%)
 2 1 (2.94%) 1 (4.00%)

Challenges 0.0056
 Yes 12 (35.29%) 14 (56.00%)
 No 22 (64.71%) 11 (44.00%) 11 (100%)