Table 1 Patients’ background characteristics and medical data
Age at questionnaire survey (y), mean ± SD (range) | 59.0 ± 12.0 (31–89) |
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Inpatient days | 17.2 ± 11.1 (3–56) |
BMI (kg/m2) | 23.2 ± 3.8 (14.9–35.0) |
Period from operation to questionnaire response (days) | 839.6 ± 48.6 (10–1918) |
Pregnancies, mean ± SD (range) | 2.2 ± 1.5 (0–6) |
Vaginal deliveries | 1.6 ± 1.2 (0–5) |
Cesarean sections | 0.2 ± 0.5 (0–3) |
Miscarriages | 0.4 ± 0.7 (0–3) |
Diagnosis, %, (n) | |
 Cervical cancer | 30.3 (44) |
 Endometrial | 40.0 (58) |
 Ovarian | 25.5 (37) |
 Peritoneal | 2.8 (4) |
 Rectal (infiltration cancer of uterus) | 1.4 (2) |
Operation type, %, (n) | |
 Radical hysterectomy | 15.9 (23) |
 Modified hysterectomy | 39.3 (57) |
 Simple hysterectomy | 15.2 (22) |
 Laparoscopic hysterectomy | 29.7 (43) |
Adnexa non-preservation | 81.4 (118) |
 Pelvis, hypogastric nerve non-preservation | 9.0 (13) |
 Lymphadenectomy | 60.0 (87) |
Operative time (minutes), mean ± SD (range) | 867.0 ± 988.8 (43–654) |
Blood loss at time of surgery (ml), mean ± SD (range) | 269.6 ± 138.6 (5–4254) |
Days of urinary bladder catheterization post-surgery, mean ± SD (range) | 4.9 ± 2.7 (1–15) |