Examining Disparities in Route of Surgery and Postoperative Complications in Black Race and Hysterectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the associations among race, route of hysterectomy, and postoperative complications among women undergoing hysterectomy for benign indications.

Methods

A cohort study was performed. All patients undergoing hysterectomy for benign indications, recorded in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program and its targeted hysterectomy file in 2015, were identified. The primary exposure was patient race. The primary outcome was route of hysterectomy and the secondary outcome was postoperative complication. Associations were examined using both bivariable tests and logistic regression.

Results

Of 15,136 women who underwent hysterectomy for benign indications, 75% were white and 25% were black. Black women were more likely to undergo an open hysterect

SUBMITTER: Alexander AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6326082 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature