Hysterectomy on the Decline in the U.S.

New surgical approaches and medical therapies suggest that the trend will continue.

An estimated one in nine U.S. women will have a hysterectomy in her lifetime, typically for benign disease, yet other surgical and medical therapies are now available for women historically treated with hysterectomy. To determine recent trends in hysterectomy use, investigators analyzed Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) data. This database included >1.5 million women aged ≥18 who underwent inpatient hysterectomies between 1998 and 2010. The NIS samples approximately 20% of all U.S. hospital discharges, implying that about 7.5 million U.S. women underwent hysterectomies during that period.

The annual projected number of inpatient hysterectomies rose to a peak of 681,000 in 2002, then fell each year to 433,000 in 2010 — a 36% decline. The prop…

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Robert W. Rebar, MD

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Consultant/Advisory BoardMyovant Sciences, Inc.

Editorial BoardsEndoText; Clinical OB/GYN Alert

Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesAmerican Society for Reproductive Medicine (Member, Ethics Committee)

Robert W. Rebar, MD

Disclosures

Consultant/Advisory BoardMyovant Sciences, Inc.

Editorial BoardsEndoText; Clinical OB/GYN Alert

Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesAmerican Society for Reproductive Medicine (Member, Ethics Committee)

Hysterectomy on the Decline in the U.S.

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