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Table 1 Patient characteristics. Data are given as mean ± standard deviation or frequencies (%)

From: Long term COST-minimization analysis of robot-assisted hysterectomy versus conventional laparoscopic hysterectomy

  CLH (n = 101) RAH (n = 68) P value
Age (years) 50.21 ± 9.36 48.03 ± 9.57 0.14
  < 50 years 62 (61.39) 50 (73.53)  
  ≥ 50 years 39 (38.61) 18 (26.47)  
Comorbidity index 0.40 ± 0.76 0.26 ± 0.66 0.25
 0 73 (72.28) 56 (82.35)  
 1 20 (19.80) 8 (11.77)  
  ≥ 2 8 (7.92) 4 (5.88)  
Body Mass Index (kg/m2) 27.31 ± 4.48 28.16 ± 4.73 0.24
  < 30 kg/m2 71 (70.30) 42 (61.76)  
  ≥ 30 kg/m2 30 (29.70) 26 (38.24)  
Without prior abdominal surgery 67 (66.34) 44 (64.71) 0.83
Prior abdominal surgery, mean 0.44 ± 0.70 0.44 ± 0.66 0.96
 Caesareana 6 (5.94) 5 (7.35)  
 Appendectomya 17 (16.83) 9 (13.24)  
 Cholecystectomya 8 (7.92) 3 (4.41)  
 Tubal sterilizationa 7 (6.93) 5 (7.35)  
 Othera 6 (5.94) 8 (11.77)  
Weight of the surgical specimen (g) 208.54 ± 136.63 192.49 ± 105.80 0.43
  1. RAH robot-assisted hysterectomy, CLH: conventional laparoscopic hysterectomy
  2. aMultiple responses allowed in information of prior abdominal surgery