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Table 2 Operative and hospital stay information. Data are mean (SD) or number of cases (%)

From: Resilience, pain, and health-related quality of life in gynecological patients undergoing surgery for benign and malignant conditions: a 12-month follow-up study

Variable

All participants (N = 271)

Benign disease (n = 190)

Malignant disease (n = 81)

p value

Surgery procedure, n (%)

Major cancer surgery

73 (27%)

73 (90%)

 

Minor cancer surgery

8 (3%)

8 (10%)

 

Major other surgery

55 (20%)

55 (29%)

 

Intermediate other surgery

91 (34%)

91 (48%)

 

Minor other surgery

44 (16%)

44 (23%)

 

Surgery technique, n (%)

< 0.001

Laparotomy

22 (8%)

5 (3%)

17 (21%)

 

Laparoscopy

155 (57%)

97 (51%)

58 (72%)

 

Combined vaginal and laparoscopic surgery

20 (8%)

19 (10%)

1 (1%)

 

Vaginal surgery

63 (23%)

63 (33%)

 

Other

11 (4%)

6 (3%)

5 (6%)

 

 Genital ± perianal resection

8 (3%)

3 (1.5%)

5 (6%)

 

 Transvaginal tape

3 (1%)

3 (1.5%)

 

Surgery duration (min)

152 min (98)

114 min (60)

242 min (111)

< 0.001

Surgery process, n (%)

< 0.001

Day surgery

38 (14%)

38 (20%)

0 (0%)

 

23-h surgery

82 (30%)

80 (42%)

2 (2%)

 

Inpatient surgery

151 (56%)

72 (38%)

79 (98%)

 

Hospital stay duration (h)

50 h (59)

30 h (25)

96 h (86)

< 0.001

PACU stay duration (h)

10 h (7)

12 h (8)

5 h (4)

< 0.001

Discharge from PACU, n (%)

< 0.001

Home

120 (44%)

118 (62%)

2 (2%)

 

KUH ward

151 (56%)

72 (38%)

79 (98%)

 

Discharge after KUH ward, n (%)

    

Home

148 (98%)

72 (100%)

76 (96%)

 

Other hospital

3 (2%)

-

3 (4%)

 

Admission/procedure after discharge, n (%)

Readmission during the first 28 days

18 (7%)

9 (5%)

9 (11%)

0.054

Reoperations within 12 months

12 (5%)

5 (3%)

7 (11%)

0.047

Other operation within 12 months

19 (8%)

14 (8%)

5 (8%)

0.72

  1. PACU postanesthesia care unit, KUH Kuopio University Hospital