Background The four approaches to hysterectomy for benign disease are abdominal
hysterectomy (AH), vaginal hysterectomy (VH), laparoscopic hysterectomy (LH) and robotic …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the lifetime risk of first-time incident pelvic organ prolapse (POP)
surgery with the intention of updating previous risk estimates that have been based on …

Objective This project was established by the International Society for Gynecologic
Endoscopy (ISGE) to provide evidence-based recommendations on the selection of women …

Aims Hysterectomy for benign indications is one of the commonest surgical procedures in
women, but the association between the procedure and cardiovascular disease (CVD) is not …

Hysterectomy is a leading reason for use of health insurance amongst low-income women in
India, but there are limited population-level data available to inform policy. This paper …

BACKGROUND Complications of laparoscopic hysterectomy (LH) have been evaluated with
particular focus on quantities of urinary tract injuries. An earlier survey in the 1990s on LH in …

Objective The National Family Health Survey‐4 in India provided the first nationally
representative estimates of hysterectomy among women aged 15–49. This paper aims to …

Background Hysterectomy is among the more common surgical procedures in gynecology.
The aim of this study was to calculate population-wide rates of hysterectomy across …

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine which symptoms commonly reported by
women at midlife are associated with the menopausal transition, after adjusting for aging, life …

This paper presents findings on hysterectomy prevalence from a 2010 cross-sectional
household survey of 2,214 rural and 1,641 urban, insured and uninsured women in low …