Table 5.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients
| Study group (N = 365) |
Control Group (N = 355) |
Total (N = 720) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myomectomy (N = 196) |
Hysterectomy (N = 169) |
Myomectomy (N = 151) |
Hysterectomy (N = 204) |
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| Age (years) | 33.5 ± 6.6 | 45.8 ± 8.4 | 31.0 ± 4.6 | 45.7 ± 7.2 |
39.4 ± 9.6 (27–59) |
| No. of fibroids | 2 (1–17) | 6 (1–12) | 2 (1–18) | 6 (1–13) |
3.9 ± 2.3 (1–18) Median = 4 |
| Size of fibroids (cm) | 7.2 ± 1.9 | 9.0 ± 2.9 | 7.2 ± 2.3 | 9.6 ± 3.3 |
8.3 ± 2.9 (5.5 ± 18.0) Median = 7 |
| Weight of fibroid/specimen (g) |
400 (200–2100) |
1000 (300–2100) |
350 (200–2200) |
1000 (300–3740) |
700.7 ± 433.9 (200–3740) Median = 450 |
| Hb (g/dL) | 10.7 ± 1.0 | 11.2 ± 1.1 | 10.5 ± 0.8 | 11.1 ± 1.1 |
10.9 ± 1.1 (8.5–14.0) |
| Medical conditions | 9 (4.5%) | 61 (36.2%) | 3 (1.7%) | 63 (31.0%) | 98 (18.8%) |
| Surgical conditions | 23 (11.9%) | 4 (2.6%) | 17 (11.3%) | 16 (7.7%) | 44 (8.5%) |
| Intra-op. complications | Nil | 0 | Nil | 1 (0.7%) | 1 (0.2%) |
| Post-op. complications | 3 (1.5%) | 3 (1.7%) | 3 (1.7%) | 1 (0.7%) | 7 (1.3%) |
| Caesarean section | |||||
| No | 174 (88.8%) | 93 (55%) | 134(88%) | 120 (58.7%) | 376 (72.3%) |
| One | 21 (10.7%) | 61 (36.1%) | 16 (10.4%) | 63 (31.0%) | 116 (22.3%) |
| Two | 1 (0.5%) | 15 (8.9%)) | 1 (0.9%) | 21 (10.3%) | 28 (5.4%) |