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	𝑁	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); [1.4,3.8]	<.01**
	Heavy bleeding	52	5.6 (2.6)	2.3 (2.0)	2.5 (3.2); [0.7,4.3]	<.01**
	Endometriosis/pain	27	6.7 (1.9)	3.4 (2.1)	3.0 (3.1); [0.1,5.9]	.04**
Supracervical laparoscopic hysterectomy	Fibroids	151	4.8 (3.4)	1.1 (1.9)	3.7 (3.3); [3.2,4.2]	<.001**
	Heavy bleeding	151	5.6 (3.2)	1.3 (2.0)	4.4 (3.4); [3.2,4.9]	<.001**
	Endometriosis	37	7.5 (2.5)	3.5 (2.9)	4.0 (4.0); [2.7,5.3]	<.001**
	Pain	104	7.1 (2.6)	1.9 (2.5)	5.3 (3.5); [4.6,6.0]	<.001*

*10-point VAS,**Paired Samples 𝑡-test.