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Table 3 Comparison between study groups regarding operative time, fluid in suction drain and incidence of postoperative pyrexia

From: Blood loss from transverse versus longitudinal uterine incision in abdominal myomectomy: a randomized controlled trial

  Transverse uterine incision group (n = 25] Longitudinal uterine incision group (n = 24] p
Total operative time (min) Mean ± SD (95% CI) 59.96 ± 16.78 (53.0–66.8) 66.58 ± 17.33 (59.2–73.9) 0.18a
Fluid in suction drain (mL) Mean ± SD (95% CI) 123.0 ± 37.79 (107.3–138.6) 113.5 ± 20.27 (104.9–122.0) 0.27b
Postoperative pyrexia 1 (4.0%) 2 (8.33%) 0.60c
  1. aAnalysis using Mann–Whitney U-test
  2. bAnalysis using unpaired t-test
  3. cAnalysis using Fisher’s exact test
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