Research Article

The Feasibility of Societal Cost Equivalence between Robotic Hysterectomy and Alternate Hysterectomy Methods for Endometrial Cancer

Table 2

Perioperative outcomes and complications by hysterectomy type. Mean (SD) and range or number and (%).

TAHTLHTRH

OR time (min)192.28 (181.08, 203.48)186.80 (177.997, 195.61)252.6*‡(238.01, 267.19)
Estimated blood Loss (mL)255.94 (215.74, 296.14)105.23* (73.30, 137.07)41.22* (−13.68, 96.12)
Length of Stay (days)3.84 (3.46, 4.21)1.44* (1.16, 1.72)1.30* (0.83-1.77)
Conversions6 (5.1%)0
Organ injury1 (1.37%)1 (0.85%)0
EBL ≥ 10001 (1.45%)1 (0.91%)0
Postoperative complications8 (11.0%)8 (6.8%)3 (7.0%)

TAH: total abdominal hysterectomy, TLH: total laparoscopic hysterectomy, and TRH: total robotic hysterectomy.
* using one-way analysis of variance (TLH and TRH compared to TAH).
using one-way analysis of variance (TRH compared to TLH).
Major (readmission, reoperation, ileus, hemorrhage) and minor complications (infections; chest, urinary, wound).