Long unidirectional barbed suturing technique with extracorporeal traction in laparoscopic myomectomy

BMC Surgery

Table 2 Reported results of barbed suturing for myomectomy

	CTF	Suture	No. of barbed suture cases	No. of control cases	Operation time (suture time) p value	Blood loss p value	Hospital stay p value	Vaso	GnRHa
Our study	II-2	V	41	42	<.001	.199	.314	Yes	Yes
Alessandri F et al.[12]	I	V	22	22	.177<.001	.004	-	No	No
Einarsson JI et al.[15]	II-2	B	107	31	.003	.76	.001	Yes	No
Angioli R et al.[13]	II-1	V	19	20	.062<.001	.008	.070	No	No
Ming-Chao Huang et al.[16]	II-1	V	34	34	<.001	.108	.486	No	No

CTF = Canadian Task Force classification; Vaso = vasopressin; GnRHa = gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist; V = unidirectional barbed suture (V-LOC180); B = bidirectional barbed suture.

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