Accepted Manuscript Minilaparotomy versus laparoscopic hysterectomy: A comparison of length of hospital stay Misa Perron-Burdick, MD Amanda Calhoun, MD MPH Dennis Idowu, MD Alice Pressman, PhD MS Eve Zaritsky, MD PII:
S1553-4650(14)00032-6
DOI:
10.1016/j.jmig.2013.12.125
Reference:
JMIG 2224
To appear in:
The Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology
Received Date: 22 August 2013 Revised Date:
6 December 2013
Accepted Date: 7 December 2013
Please cite this article as: Perron-Burdick M, Calhoun ; Dennis, Idowu ; Alice Pressman A, Zaritsky E, Minilaparotomy versus laparoscopic hysterectomy: A comparison of length of hospital stay, The Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology (2014), doi: 10.1016/j.jmig.2013.12.125. This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.
ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT Perron-Burdick Minilaparotomy versus laparoscopic hysterectomy: A comparison of length of
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Minilaparotomy versus laparoscopic hysterectomy: A comparison of length of hospital stay Article Type: Original Article
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Misa Perron-Burdick, MD*; Amanda Calhoun, MD MPH; Dennis Idowu, MD; Alice Pressman, PhD MS; Eve Zaritsky, MD San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California (all authors). Keywords: hysterectomy; laparoscopy; minilaparotomy; laparotomy; hospital stay; length of stay
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ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT Perron-Burdick ABSTRACT Study Objective: To compare length of hospital stay for minilaparotomy versus laparoscopic
Design: Retrospective cohort study. Design Classification: Canadian Task Force classification II-2.
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hysterectomy.
Setting: Kaiser Permanente Northern California, a large integrated health care delivery system.
for benign indications from June 2009 through January 2010.
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Patients: Women over the age of 18 undergoing laparoscopic or minilaparotomy hysterectomy
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Intervention: Hysterectomy by minilaparotomy or laparoscopy.
Measurements and Main Result: Chart reviews were performed for outcomes of interest including length of stay and surgical and demographic characteristics. Parametric and nonparametric analyses techniques are used to compare the two groups. The study is powered to
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detect a difference of 8 hours in length of stay. Two hundred and sixty-three cases were identified as hysterectomy by minilaparotomy (n=100) or laparoscopy (n=163). The laparoscopic group demonstrated a significantly shorter length of stay (19±14 hours vs. 42±20,
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