Hysterectomy Practice Patterns in the Postmorcellation Era.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To characterize long-term national trends in surgical approach for hysterectomy after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warning against power morcellation for laparoscopic specimen removal.

Methods

This was a descriptive study using data from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program from 2012 to 2016. We identified hysterectomies using Current Procedural Terminology codes. We used an interrupted time-series analysis to evaluate abdominal and supracervical hysterectomy trends surrounding The Wall Street Journal article first reporting morcellation safety concerns and the FDA safety communication. We compared categorical and continuous variables using χ, t, and Wilcoxon rank sum tests.

Results

We identified 179,9

SUBMITTER: Jorgensen EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7848851 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature