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Table 1 Retrospective audit and prospective service evaluation results

From: Word balloon catheter for Bartholin’s cyst and abscess as an office procedure: clinical time gained

 

Retrospective audit group (n = 14)

Prospective service evaluation group (n = 21)

Marsupialization (n = 14)

Marsupialization (n = 9)

Word Catheter (n = 12)

Mean age (range)

32 years (21–47 years)

39 years (21–57 years)

34 years (22–51 years)

Cyst

4 (29 %)

4 (19 %)

Abscess

10 (71 %)

17 (81 %)

Mean admission to surgery interval (range)

9.98 h (0.5–33 h)

16 h (2.5–24 h)

20 min (10–40 min)

Mean admission to discharge interval (range)

24.5 h (7–53 h)

31 h (9.5–48 h)

40 min (20–90 min)