Table 1.
Patient Demographics and Clinical Characteristics (N =163)
| Characteristic | Staples (n=84) n (%) |
Suture (n=79) n (%) |
P |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 58.5 ± 13.2 | 57.1 ± 11.2 | 0.48 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 0.44 | ||
| 30–39.9 | 60 (71) | 49 (62) | |
| 40–49.9 | 19 (23) | 24 (30) | |
| >= 50 | 5 (6) | 6 (8) | |
| Race | 0.44 | ||
| White | 68 (81) | 60 (76) | |
| Black | 16 (19) | 19 (24) | |
| Prior abdominal surgery | 51 (61) | 53 (67) | 0.40 |
| Tobacco use | 0.01 | ||
| Never | 44 (52) | 59 (75) | |
| Former | 33 (39) | 15 (19) | |
| Current | 7 (8) | 5 (6) | |
| Diabetes mellitus | 27 (32) | 19 (24) | 0.25 |
| Cardiovascular disease | 58 (50) | 57 (50) | 0.66 |
| Pulmonary disease | 20 (43) | 27 (57) | 0.14 |
| Prior malignancy | 7 (8) | 8 (10) | 0.69 |
| ASA class | 0.10 | ||
| 1–2 | 39 (46) | 47 (59) | |
| 3–4 | 45 (54) | 32 (41) | |
| Indications for surgery | 0.59 | ||
| Uterine cancer | 24 (29) | 23 (29) | |
| Ovarian/fallopian/peritoneal cancer | 24 (29) | 21 (27) | |
| Benign | 22 (26) | 27 (34) | |
| Other* | 11 (13) | 5 (6) | |
| Synchronous primary | 3 (4) | 3 (4) |
BMI = body mass index, ASA = American Society of Anesthesiologists
Data are mean ± standard deviation, or n (%) unless otherwise specified. No significant group difference was observed except for Tobacco use (P = 0.01).
Analyses were performed by Fisher exact test (if cell count was less than 5) or Chi-square test for categorical variables; and independent t-tests for continuous variables.
*
Includes borderline ovarian tumors (n=9), cervical cancer (n=2), unknown primary cancer (n=1), vaginal cancer (n=1), gastrointestinal tumors (n=3).