Converting Potential Abdominal Hysterectomy to Vaginal One: Laparoscopic Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy

Table 2

Intraoperative characteristics.

Characteristics	LAVH; 𝑛=17	Abdominal hysterectomy; 𝑛=20	𝑃 value
Operating time (min); Mean ± SD*	167.06±31.97	135.25±31.72	0.005
Estimated blood loss (mL); Mean ± SD**	248.24±117.79	340.00±119.86	0.003
Weight of specimen (g); Mean ± SD*	223.82±71.6	252.00±151.92	0.569

∗Independent sample 𝑡-test; **Mann-Whitney test.