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Little Change in U.S. Rates From 1990 To 1997.(hysterectomy rates)
2002 FEB 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. rate of hysterectomy did not change significantly from 1990 to 1997, with hysterectomy remaining the most common nonpregnancy-related surgical procedure in the U.S., reports a study in the February issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
There was, however, a change in the type of hysterectomies performed, with laparoscopic hysterectomy procedures increasing 30-fold, accounting for 9.9% of all U.S. hysterectomies in 1997.
The study, by members of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in Rockville, Maryland, used the Nationwide Inpatient Sample of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, a research database produced at AHRQ.
At a rate of 5.6 per 1000 women, the U.S. hysterectomy rate is 3 to 4 times higher than that of Australia, New Zealand, and most European countries. Abdominal hysterectomy is still the most frequent hysterectomy procedure in the U.S. (63% of all U.S. hysterectomies in 1997). Abdominal procedures have a ...
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