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Original Article
Volume 9, Number 7, July 2017, pages 613-617
Mini-Laparoscopic Versus Conventional Laparoscopic Surgery for Benign Adnexal Masses
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Tables
| MLS | CLS | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BMI: body mass index; CLS: conventional laparoscopic surgery; MLS: mini-laparoscopic surgery; SD: standard deviation. | |||
| Age (years) (mean ± SD) | 29.12 ± 9.11 | 31.26 ± 9.10 | 0.13 |
| Gravidity (median) (min. - max.) | 0.81 (0 - 4) | 1.73 (0 - 6) | 0.01 |
| Parity (median) (min. - max.) | 0.63 (0 - 3) | 1.21 (0 - 6) | 0.03 |
| BMI (kg/m2) (mean ± SD) | 27.11 ± 3.81 | 26.39 ± 3.40 | 0.20 |
| MLS | CLS | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLS: conventional laparoscopic surgery; MLS: mini-laparoscopic surgery; SD: standard deviation. | |||
| Surgery performed | |||
| Cystectomy | 51 | 59 | |
| Oophorectomy | 5 | 8 | |
| Salpingo-oophorectomy | 2 | 1 | |
| Cystectomy-ovarian detorsion | 4 | 2 | |
| Hematocrit change (%) (mean ± SD) | 1.77 ± 0.81 | 1.32 ± 0.91 | 0.01 |
| Intraoperative complication | 0 | 0 | NA |
| Postoperative complication | 0 | 0 | NA |
| Operation time (min) (mean ± SD) | 96.71 ± 21.62 | 68 ± 18.24 | 0.02 |
| Length of hospital stay (days) (mean ± SD) | 2.12 ± 1.12 | 2.84 ± 1.11 | |
| Patient scar scale (mean ± SD) | 17.3 ± 7.6 | 28.4 ± 2.9 | 0.02 |
| Observer scar scale (mean ± SD) | 15.9 ± 31.8 | 26.9 ± 22.7 | 0.01 |
| Pathological diagnosis | |||
| Functional cyst | 27 | 40 | 0.03 |
| Endometrioma | 24 | 21 | |
| Dermoid cyst | 11 | 9 | |