Table 1. Characteristics of the study group according to the age, operating time, size of the tumor, BMI and length of hospital stay.
| Parameters | Age (years) | Operating time (min) | Size of tumor (cm) | BMI | Length of hospital stay (days) | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | LUS | NON-LUS | Total | LUS | NON-LUS | Total | LUS | NON-LUS | Total | LUS | NON-LUS | Total | LUS | NON-LUS | |||||
| Average | 52.3 | 49.8 | 55.2 | 86.3 | 76.8 | 97 | 4.3 | 4.48 | 4.29 | 26.22 | 26.7 | 25.7 | 5 | 4.8 | 5.2 | ||||
| Standard deviation | 16.1 | 16.2 | 15.7 | 34 | 29 | 35.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 4.75 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1 | ||||
| Minimum | 22 | 23 | 22 | 50 | 50 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Maximum | 79 | 79 | 79 | 179 | 145 | 172 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 37 | 36 | 37 | 7 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Median | 54 | 48.5 | 56 | 77 | 66 | 88.5 | 4 | 26 | 26 | 25.5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| Significance | – | P=0.12 | – | P=0.003* | – | P=0.74 | – | P=0.34 | – | P=0.86 | |||||||||
*, statistically significant values (P<0.05). LUS, laparoscopic ultrasound; BMI, body mass index.