Table 2.
Outcomes.
| Outcome | Supraumbilical N = 43 |
Pfannenstiel N = 90 |
OR | 95% CI | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classical hysterotomy | 29 (67%) | 7 (8%) | 24.6 | 9.0–66.8 | <.0001 |
| Wound complication | 8 (19%) | 7 (8%) | 2.7 | .9–8.0 | .0811 |
| Blood transfusion | 7 (16%) | 5 (6%) | 3.3 | .98–11.1 | .0557 |
| Length of stay >3 days | 33 (77%) | 59 (66%) | 1.7 | .8–4.0 | .1912 |
| Endomyometritis | 2 (5%) | 2 (2%) | 2.1 | .3–15.8 | .5945 |
| Drain placed | 18 (42%) | 9 (10%) | 6.5 | 2.6–16.2 | <.0001 |
| Estimated blood loss >1 liter | 14 (33%) | 11 (12%) | 3.4 | 1.4–8.4 | .0055 |
| Total minutes of surgery | 97 ± 38 | 68 ± 30 | <.0001 |