Abdominal Hysterectomy

Studies in the area of abdominal hysterectomy reported from Brigham and Women's Hospital

Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, June 12th, 2009

"To study the relationship of annual surgeon cast, volume to surgical outcome following hysterectomy. We performed a retrospective cohort Study of,women who underwent hysterectomy between January 1995 and December 2005 and evaluated the relationship of surgeon volume to complications and resource utilization," scientists in the United States report.

"A total of 214 physicians contributed a total of 8,14, patients to the study, Of these patients, 7,166 women underwent abdominal hysterectomy. Overall, rates of complications in the study population were low. However, compared with patients ( low annual surgeon case volume (i.e., who performed. <10 hysterectomies per...

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Source: Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly (2009-06-12)

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