Table 2.

Surgical characteristics of sample by method of sterilization

	Total	Laparoscopic	Hysteroscopic	p-value
Type of anesthesia
General	630 (89.2)	433 (100)	197 (72.2)	<0.0001
Local only	8 (1.1)	0	8 (2.9)
Spinal	9 (1.3)	0	9 (3.3)
Intravenous sedation	59 (8.4)	0	59 (21.6)
Surgical time (minutes)
Median (IQR)	23 (15–34)	29 (21–40)	15 (11–22)	<0.0001
Recovery time (minutes)
Median (IQR)	70 (58–89)	72 (60–90)	66 (55–86)	0.005
Estimated blood loss (cc)
Median (IQR)	10 (5–20)	10 (5–20)	5 (5–10)	<0.0001

Number (%). Numbers may not sum to total due to missing data: anesthesia type (n = 4, 0.6 %), and estimated blood loss (n = 17, 2.4 %) IQR = interquartile range