Clinical Study
Long-Term Outcomes Following Laparoscopic and Abdominal Supracervical Hysterectomies
Table 2
Pain intensity prior to and after surgery by reasons for hysterectomy.
| | Reason for hysterectomy | | Mean pain score prior to surgery* (SD) | Mean pain score after surgery (SD) | Mean diff. in pain scores (SD) [95% CI] | P-value |
| Supracervical abdominal hysterectomy | Fibroids | 91 | 5.4 (2.5) | 2.3 (1.9) | 2.6 (2.8)
| <.01** | Heavy bleeding | 52 | 5.6 (2.6) | 2.3 (2.0) | 2.5 (3.2)
| <.01** | Endometriosis/pain | 27 | 6.7 (1.9) | 3.4 (2.1) | 3.0 (3.1)
| .04** |
| Supracervical laparoscopic hysterectomy | Fibroids | 151 | 4.8 (3.4) | 1.1 (1.9) | 3.7 (3.3)
| <.001** | Heavy bleeding | 151 | 5.6 (3.2) | 1.3 (2.0) | 4.4 (3.4)
| <.001** | Endometriosis | 37 | 7.5 (2.5) | 3.5 (2.9) | 4.0 (4.0)
| <.001** | Pain | 104 | 7.1 (2.6) | 1.9 (2.5) | 5.3 (3.5)
| <.001* |
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*10-point VAS,**Paired Samples -test.
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