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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: The laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy group had longer operative times (median and quartiles, laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy 180 [139, 225] minutes vs abdominal hysterectomy 130 [97, 155] minutes), lower requirements for postoperative intravenous analgesia (patient-controlled analgesia pump, median and quartiles : laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy 22. 1 [15. 9, 23. 5] hours, abdominal hysterectomy 36. 7 [26. 2, 45. 0] hours), shorter length of hospital stay (median and quartiles, laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy 1. 5 [1. 0, 2. 3] days, abdominal hysterectomy 2. 5 [1. 5, 2. 5] days), and quicker return to work (Kaplan-Meier analysis, P =. 03).