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Table 2 Operative and hospital details

From: Single incision device (TVT Secur) versus retropubic tension-free vaginal tape device (TVT) for the management of stress urinary incontinence in women: a randomized clinical trial

 

TVT secur group

TVT group

Statistical test results

 

n = 40

n = 34

 

Median operation time (procedure start to closure, mins)

18 (IQR 11)

21 (IQR 12)

M-W p = 0.23

Type of anaesthesia

  

FE p = 0.56

  Local only

19 (48%)

16 (47%)

 

  General only

19 (48%)

18 (53%)

 

  Spinal with/without local

2 (5%)

0 (0%)

 

Complications*

  

FE p > 0.99

  Yes

3 (8%)

2 (6%)

 

  No

36 (92%)

31 (94%)

 

  Unknown

1

1

 

Hospital admission

  

FE p = 0.66

  Not admitted

38 (95%)

31 (91%)

 

  Planned

2 (5%)

3 (9%)

 
  1. Notes: IQR – inter-quartile range; M-W – Mann–Whitney U-test; FE – Fisher Exact Test.