Table 3.
Perioperative characteristics
| Surgical complications | Younger women n=237 |
Older women n= 90 |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Any | 31 (13.1) | 8 (8.9) | 0.30 |
| Urinary tract injury | 28 (11.8) | 7 (7.8) | 0.29 |
| Bowel injury | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.1) | 0.28 |
| Hemorrhage | 1 (0.42) | 0 (0.0) | 1.00 |
| Intraoperative blood loss > 1 liter | 3 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0.57 |
| Blood transfusion | 2 (0.84) | 0 (0.0) | 1.00 |
| Length of stay | 0.94 | ||
| 1 day | 227 (95.4) | 86 (95.6) | |
| ≥ 2 days | 11 (4.6) | 4 (4.4) | |
| Indwelling catheter or clean intermittent catheterization at 2 weeks | 12 (5.2) | 3 (3.4) | 0.77 |
| Retreatment | 24 (10.1) | 7 (7.8) | 0.52 |
| Retreatment for prolapse | 13 (5.5) | 6 (6.7) | 0.68 |
Data presented as n (%) unless otherwise noted