Table 1. Baseline demographic parameters in the study groups.

SD: Standard deviation; N: Number; DM: Diabetes; HTN: Hypertension

Demographic parameters		Electrocautery  (n=120)	Harmonic scalpel (n=120)
Mean age (Mean + SD)		58.72 + 10.69	58.70 + 9.85
Co-morbidities [N (%)]	Absent	70 (58.3%)	72 (60%)
	DM	19 (15.8%)	18 (15%)
	HTN	25 (20.8%)	23 (19.2%)
	DM+HTN	5 (4.2%)	5 (4.2%)
	Thyroid	1 (0.8%)	2 (1.7%)
Breast cancer	Stage l	12 (10%)	13 (15.6%)
	Stage ll	72 (60%)	68 (56.7%)
	Stage lll	36 (30%)	38 (31.7)