Clinical Study
Feasibility and Compatibility of Minilaparotomy Hysterectomy in a Low-Resource Setting
Table 1
Comparison of demographic characteristics among the two groups (MLH versus LAVH).
| | Demographic characters | MLH
() | LAVH
() | value |
| | Age (years) | | | Mean ± SD | 44.74 ± 5.03 | 47.20 ± 6.26 | 0.123 | | Median | 43 | 47 | | Range | 36–60 | 37–63 |
| | BMI (kg/m2) | | | Mean ± SD | 24.84 ± 3.63 | 27.61 ± 4.90 | 0.024 | | Median | 25.00 | 27.00 | | Range | 18.90–31.50 | 19.8–37.8 |
| | Parity (%) | | | Nulliparous | 02 (07.4) | 02 (08) | 0.9360 | | 1–2 | 19 (70.3) | 19 (76) | 0.6289 | | ≥3 | 06 (22.2) | 04 (16) | 0.5803 |
| | Previous pelvic surgery (%) | 06 (22.2) | 04 (16) | | | Cesareans | | | (i) Previous one cesarean | 03 (11.1) | 00 | | | (ii) Previous two cesareans | 01 (03.7) | 01 (4) | 0.5745 | | Myomectomy | 01 (03.7) | 00 | | Appendicectomy | 01 (03.7) | 03 (12) |
| | Associated comorbidities (%) | | | Hypertension | 02 (07.4) | 00 | | | Diabetes | 02 (07.4) | 03 (12) | | Hypothyroidism | 01 (03.7) | 05 (20) | 0.9212 | | Bronchial asthma | 02 (07.4) | 00 | | Epilepsy | 01 (03.7) | 00 | | SLE | 01 (03.7) | 00 |
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