Myomectomy during Caesarean Birth in Fibroid-Endemic, Low-Resource Settings

Table 2

Outcome measures	Subjects	Roman and Tabsh [17]	Brown et al. [25]	Hassiakos et al. [38]	Kwawukume [1]	Kaymak [39]
	Cases	111	16	47	12	40
	Controls	257	16	94	12	80
Blood loss	Cases	12.6%	495 mLs (200–1000)			12.5%
	Controls	12.8%	355 mLs (150–900)			11.3%
	P value	0.95 (NS)	NS		NS	NS
Change in Hb/PCV	Cases	Mean = 5.5%	1.7 g/dl		Mean = 1.83 g/dl
	Controls	Mean = 6.1%	1.4 g/dl		Mean = 1.73 g/dl
	P value	NS	NS	NS	NS
Blood transfusion	Cases	1/111		NIL	NIL
	Controls	3/257		NIL	NIL
	P value	NS	NS			NS
Mean operating time (mins)	Cases	55	NA	15 mins longer than control	62.08	NA
	Controls	51	NA		50.83	NA
	P value	NS	NA	NS	NS	NA
Postoperative fever	Cases	4.5%		NA	NA
	Controls	4.7%		NA	NA
	P value	NS	NS	NA	NA	NS
Hospital stay (days)	Cases	Mean = 3.6			5 days
	Controls	Mean = 3.4			5 days
	P value	NS	NS	NS

mLs: milliliters; NS: not significant (P > 0.05); Hb: haemoglobin concentration; PCV: packed cell volume; g/dl: grammes per deciliter; mins: minutes; NA: not assessed.