Urinary tract injury during hysterectomy: Does surgeon specialty and surgical volume matter?

Table 2 Surgery characteristics and length of stay-subspecialty

	General gynecologist, n = 255; mean ± SD or median (25th %ile, 75th %ile)	Urogynecologist, n = 196; mean ± SD or median (25th %ile, 75th %ile)	Gynecologic oncologist, n = 102; mean ± SD median (25th %ile, 75th %ile)	P value
Total set-up time (minutes)	34.3 ± 8.2	51.1 ± 7.7	40.7 ± 9.8	< 0.0001a
Total operating time (minutes)	133.1 ± 57.8	257.8 ± 48.9	162.4 ± 69.2	< 0.0001a
Total room time (minutes)	192.1 ± 61.5	343.0 ± 51.9	231.1 ± 74.5	< 0.0001a
Uterine weight (grams)	181.2 ± 131.1	104.1 ± 72.7	150.9 ± 104.3	< 0.0001b
Estimated blood loss (mL)	100.0 (50, 200)	25.0 (20, 50)	50.0 (50, 100)	< 0.0001
Length of stay (d)	1.0 ± 0.7	1.1 ± 0.2	1.0 ± 0.5	0.93

^aAll comparisons, P < 0.0001.

^bGeneral gynecologist vs urogynecologist, P < 0.0001; general gynecologist vs gynecological oncologist, P = 0.06; urogynecologist vs gynecological oncologist, P = 0.002.