Racial disparities between measures of area deprivation and financial toxicity, and uterine volume in myomectomy patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

At time of myomectomy, a surgical procedure to remove uterine fibroids, Black women tend to have larger uteri than White women. This makes Black patients less likely to undergo a minimally invasive myomectomy which has been shown to have less postoperative pain, less frequent postoperative fever and shorter length of stay compared to abdominal myomectomies. The associations between individual financial toxicity and community area deprivation and uterine volume at the time of myomectomy have not been investigated.

Methods

We conducted a secondary data analysis of patients with fibroids scheduled for myomectomy using data from a fibroid treatment registry in [location]. We used validated measures of individual-level Financial Toxicity (higher scores = better financi

SUBMITTER: Bossick AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10648622 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature