Minilaparoscopic Versus Conventional Laparoscopic Hysterectomy: Insights from a Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study with Legal Considerations
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria
2.2. Operative Technique
2.3. Data Collection
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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LH Group (n = 153) | MLH Group (n = 155) | p-Value | |
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Age (mean ± SD) | 50.0 (±0.6) | 49.5 (±0.6) | n.s. * |
BMI(mean ± SD) | 27.1 (±0.5) | 28.5 (±0.4) | <0.05 |
Menopause (%) | 79.7 | 46.5 | <0.0001 |
Parity (mean ± SD) | 2.1 (±0.1) | 2.0 (±0.1) | n.s. * |
Previous caesarian section (%) | 55.6 | 22.6 | <0.0001 |
Previous abdominal surgery (%) | 20.9 | 45.8 | <0.0001 |
Surgical Outcomes | LH Group | MLH Group | Coeff. (MLH vs. LH) * | Std. Error | t | p-Value | Adj R2 | CI95% Lower Lim. | CI95% Upper Lim. |
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Surgery duration (mean ± SD) | 105.5 min (±1.2) | 98.8 min (±1.1) | −6.7 | 1.835 | −3.65 | <0.0001 | 0.0395 | −10.3 | −3.1 |
Blood loss (mean ± SD) | 195.1 (±5.1) | 100.3 (±4.0) | −94.2 | 7.095 | −13.28 | <0.0001 | 0.4049 | −108.2 | −80.2 |
Length of hospital stay (mean ± SD) | 4.0 (±0.1) | 3.2 (±0.1) | −0.9 | 0.089 | −9.72 | <0.0001 | 0.2518 | −1.0 | −0.7 |
VAS score at 6 h (mean ± SD) | 7.0 (±0.06) | 7.9 (±0.06) | 0.9 | 0.086 | 10.75 | <0.0001 | 0.2915 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
VAS score at 12 h (mean ± SD) | 6.0 (±0.04) | 5.5 (±0.06) | −0.5 | 0.087 | −5.67 | <0.0001 | 0.1198 | −0.7 | −0.3 |
VAS score at 24 h (mean ± SD) | 4.2 (±0.04) | 4.1 (±0.03) | −0.09 | 0.054 | −1.55 | >0.10 | 0.0054 | −0.19 | +0.02 |
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Billone, V.; Gullo, G.; Conti, E.; Ganduscio, S.; Burgio, S.; Baglio, G.; Cucinella, G.; De Paola, L.; Marinelli, S. Minilaparoscopic Versus Conventional Laparoscopic Hysterectomy: Insights from a Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study with Legal Considerations. Medicina 2025, 61, 1216. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina61071216
Billone V, Gullo G, Conti E, Ganduscio S, Burgio S, Baglio G, Cucinella G, De Paola L, Marinelli S. Minilaparoscopic Versus Conventional Laparoscopic Hysterectomy: Insights from a Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study with Legal Considerations. Medicina. 2025; 61(7):1216. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina61071216
Chicago/Turabian StyleBillone, Valentina, Giuseppe Gullo, Eleonora Conti, Silvia Ganduscio, Sofia Burgio, Giovanni Baglio, Gaspare Cucinella, Lina De Paola, and Susanna Marinelli. 2025. "Minilaparoscopic Versus Conventional Laparoscopic Hysterectomy: Insights from a Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study with Legal Considerations" Medicina 61, no. 7: 1216. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina61071216
APA StyleBillone, V., Gullo, G., Conti, E., Ganduscio, S., Burgio, S., Baglio, G., Cucinella, G., De Paola, L., & Marinelli, S. (2025). Minilaparoscopic Versus Conventional Laparoscopic Hysterectomy: Insights from a Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study with Legal Considerations. Medicina, 61(7), 1216. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina61071216