Comparison of Long-Term Fertility and Bleeding Outcomes after Robotic-Assisted, Laparoscopic, and Abdominal Myomectomy

Table 3

Long-term outcomes for reoperation and bleeding by surgery type.

Factor	Total	Laparoscopic		Open		Robotic		value
			Statistics		Statistics		Statistics
Fibroid surgeries after fibroid surgery (not including hysterectomy)?	133							0.061
None	115	25	89.3	68	84	22	91.7
1	13	0	0	11	13.6	2	8.3
2	5	3	10.7	2	2.5	0	0
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 or more	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hysterectomy for bleeding after initial fibroid surgery	133							0.18
Yes	21	4	14.3	16	19.8	1	4.2
No	112	24	85.7	65	80.2	23	95.8
Birth control pills	134							0.20
Yes	14	3	10.7	6	7.4	5	20
No	120	25	89.3	75	92.6	20	80
Depo provera	134							0.51
Yes	2	0	0	2	2.5	0	0
No	132	28	100	79	97.5	25	100
IUD (intrauterine device)	134							0.26
Yes	4	0	0	4	4.9	0	0
No	130	28	100	77	95.1	25	100
NSAIDs	134							0.83
Yes	7	1	3.6	5	6.2	1	4
No	127	27	96.4	76	93.8	24	96

Percentage.
Pearson’s Chi-squared test.