Racial/Ethnic Disparities/Differences in Hysterectomy Route in Women Likely Eligible for Minimally Invasive Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Study objective

Evaluate racial/ethnic variation in hysterectomy surgical route in women likely eligible for minimally invasive hysterectomy.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Multistate including Colorado, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York.

Patients

Women aged ≥18 years without diagnoses of leiomyomas, obesity, or previous abdominopelvic surgery who underwent hysterectomy for benign conditions from the State Inpatient and Ambulatory Surgery Databases, 2010-2014.

Interventions

None. Primary exposure is race/ethnicity.

Measurements and main results

Racial/ethnic variation in annual hysterectomy rates and surgical route. To calculate hysterectomy rates per 100 000 women/year, denominators were adjusted for the proportion of women with

SUBMITTER: Pollack LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7062558 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul - Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature