Table 3.

Number of Surgeries and Mean Fluid Deficit per Type of Surgery

	General Anesthesia			Spinal Anesthesia			p-value
	Mean ± S.D.	S.E.	C.I.	Mean ± S.D.	S.E.	C.I.
Resection of Endometrial Polyp
Number of cases	14			4
Mean fluid deficit (cc)	392 ± 178	54	272–511	220 ± 36	18	163–276	0.010
Hysteroscopic Myomectomy
Number of cases	26			6
Mean fluid deficit (cc)	564 ± 371	74	411–717	308 ± 66	27	239–378	0.003
TCRE
Number of cases	11			14
Mean fluid deficit (cc)	790 ± 318	100	563–1017	229 ± 75	20	185–272	< 0.001
Resection of Septum
Number of cases	11			2
Mean fluid deficit (cc)	781 ± 429	129	494–1070	1000 ± 1131	800	9165–11,165	0.833

Notes: S.D. = standard deviation, S.E. = standard error, C.I. = confidence interval.

Abbreviation: TCRE, trans-cervical resection of the endometrium.