3. Results
bleeding, myomas, blood loss, myoma, infertility, pain, anemia
BLEEDING, MYOMAS, POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS, BLOOD LOSS, ANEMIA, MYOMA, REGRESSION
The demographic statistics and clinical characteristics of the 60 patients included in the study are presented in There were significant differences observed in age, infertility, parity, and pain. However, the myoma size, number of myomas, bleeding, and preoperative Hb showed no statistically significant differences between the two groups.The postoperative outcomes (presented in Significant differences were observed in the length of hospitalization. The mean days of hospitalization was significantly shorter in the TLM group, averaging 2.16 (2.02–2.30) days, compared to the SLM group, which averaged 2.64 (2.40–2.88) days (In terms of postoperative complications, anemia was reported in 5 patients (16.66%) from the TLM group and in 18 patients (60%) from the SLM group (An iron infusion was performed in 4 patients in the TLM group (13.33%) and in 13 patients in the SLM group (43.33%), showing a significant difference between the two groups (In summary, patients undergoing a TLM surgery experienced limited blood loss and shorter hospitalization days compared to those undergoing SLM. The postoperative complications were similar between the two groups, except for the postoperative blood transfusion, which occurred in four cases in the SLM group, and two cases of laparotomy conversion, which occurred in the same group.A univariate linear regression analysis was performed to investigate the relationship between the differences in the pre- and postoperative hemoglobin levels and the independent variable average dimensions of myoma in two distinct groups: the tourniquet laparoscopic myomectomy (TLM) group and the standard laparoscopic myomectomy (SLM) group (For the TLM group, the slope value (β = 0.0814) indicated a positive relationship between the Delta Hb and the average dimensions of myoma, but the effect size was relatively small with no statistical significance (In conclusion, the comparative analysis of the linear regression models indicated that the relationship between the difference in the hemoglobin levels and the average dimensions of myoma was stronger and more significant in the SLM group than in the TLM group. This preliminarily suggests that the introduction of a tourniquet device during the surgical procedure might counteract the influence exerted by the size of myomas on hemoglobin levels post-surgery.A multivariate linear regression analysis (presented in 