Table 1. Demographic and Operative Characteristics of Women Undergoing Hysterectomy.
| Demographics | All Patients | LSH with Morcellation | Control without Morcellation | P-Value LSH versus Control |
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| N | 464 | 277 | 187 | |
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| ENDOMETRIOSIS AT TIME OF HYSTERECTOMY | 60 (21.7%) | 42 (22.5%) | .838 | |
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| AGE | 40.2 +/- 9.2 | 40.1 +/- 7.7 | 40.6 +/- 11.1 | .565 |
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| RACE:BLACK/WHITE | 49/415 | 27(9.8%) | 22(11.8%) | .488 |
| 250(90.2%) | 165(88.2%) | |||
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| PARITY | .029 | |||
| 0 | 49(10.6%) | 32(11.6%) | 17(9.0%) | |
| 1 | 114(24.6%) | 68(24.5%) | 46(24.6%) | |
| 2 | 216(46.5%) | 139(50.1%) | 77(41.1%) | |
| 3 | 67(14.4%) | 31(11.1%) | 36(19.3%) | |
| 4 | 17(3.7%) | 6(2.2%) | 11(5.9%) | |
| 7 | 1(.2%) | 1(.4%) | 0 | |
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| UTERINE WEIGHT, GRAMS | 112.5 +/- 71.3 | 147.5 +/- 140.0 | .002 | |
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| TYPE OF PROCEDURE | 277 | VH 29(6.3%) | ||
| TAH 78(16.8%) | ||||
| LAVH 50(10.8%) | ||||
| DAVINCI LAVH 30 (6.5%) | ||||
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| SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY | .003 | |||
| NONE | 251 (54.1%) | 164 (59.2%) | 87 (46.5%) | |
| UNILATERAL | 50 (10.8%) | 20 (7.2%) | 30 (16%) | |
| BILATERAL | 163 (35.1%) | 93 (33.6%) | 70 (37.4%) | |
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| HYSTERECTOMY ESTIMATED BLOOD LOSS, ml | 72.1 +/- 96.1 | 42.5 +/- 46.5 | 115.8 +/- 128.6 | <.001 |
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| HYSTERECTOMY COMPLICATIONS | 18 (3.9%) | 6 (2.2%) | 12 (6.4%) | .020 |
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| PAIN OR DYS-MENORRHEA PRIOR TO HYSTERECTOMY | 309 (66.6%) | 180 (65.0%) | 129 (69.0%) | .370 |