Table 1.

Patient demographics.

Characteristic	Total (N (%))	Monopolar [N (%)]	Plasma Blade (N (%))	p-Value
No. of patients	1214	759 (62.5%)	455 (37.5%)
Age (Years)
Median	34	34	32	0.0002
Interquartile range	28	27	31.5
Range	2 to 81	2 to 79	3 to 81
Gender
Male	718 (59.1%)	461 (60.7%)	257 (56.5%)	0.145
Female	496 (40.9%)	298 (39.3%)	198 (43.5%)
Body Mass Index	25.30 ± 7.06	25.76 ± 7.87	24.53 ± 5.37	0.0013
White blood count	7.91 ± 2.62	7.89 ± 2.49	7.92 ± 2.69	0.837
Platelet	258.83 ± 70.18	256.29 ± 72.82	263.11 ± 65.35	0.095
Prothrombin time	11.13 ± 1.21	11.10 ± 1.34	11.19 ± 0.88	0.260