Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the 48 patients (n = 48)

Baseline characteristics	Values
Age, mean (SD), year	65.0 (5.8)
BMI, mean (SD)	24.9 (2.6)
Pregnancies, median (range)	3 (2–4)
Deliveries, median (range)	2 (1–3)
Course of the disease, mean (SD), year	5.6 (8.8)
Pelvic surgical history, n (%)	8 (16.7)
Average urine flow rate, mean (SD), ml	14.3 (5.8)
Bladder residue urine, n (%)	14 (29.2)
Operation time, median (range), min
Without concomitant vaginal hysterectomy	30 (20–30)
With concomitant vaginal hysterectomy	50 (30–70)
Bleeding, median (range), ml	50 (20–150)
Hospital stay, median (range), day	5 (3–10)
Morbidity, n (%)	11 (22.90)
VSD retention time, median (range), day	28 (19–55)
VAS, mean (SD)
Pain at 24 hours after surgery	4.0 (2.9)
Pain at 3–4 weeks after surgery	1.0 (1.4)

SD: Standard deviation; BMI: Body mass index; VSD: Vaginal support device; VAS: Visual analogue scale.