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Table 1 Demographics

From: Specimen retrieval during elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy: is it safe not to use a retrieval bag?

 

All patients

No retrieval bag used

Retrieval bag used

Number of patients

373

152

221

Age (years)

Mean = 52 (range 21–71)

Mean = 53 (range 23–67)

Mean = 52 (range 21–71)

Male

24 % (n = 88)

23 % (n = 35)

24 % (n = 53)

Female

76 % (n = 285)

77 % (n = 117)

76 % (n = 168)

Follow up after 1 year

51.5 % (n = 192)

54 % (n = 82)

50 % (n = 110)

Missing 1 year follow up data

48.5 % (n = 181)

46 % (n = 70)

50 % (n = 110)

Benign histology

100 %

100 %

100 %