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| Chance Of Hysterectomy Predicted By Multi-year Study |
Date : 04-14-2007 - 08:27 AM - Readers : 2460 |
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A woman's chance of undergoing a hysterectomy can now be accurately predicted, according to new UCSF study findings.
Results from a four-year study of 762 women with various symptoms of uterine distress, such as chronic pelvic pain, abnormal bleeding or fibroids, are reported in the April 2007 issue of the "Journal of the American College of Surgeons." Study findings also are available online at http://www.journalacs.org/.
The findings confirm a widely held, but untested, belief in gynecology that the more symptoms of discomfort a woman has, as well as the longer she has tried alternative therapies unsuccessfully, the more likely she is to have a hysterectomy, said lead investigator Lee Learman, MD, a professor in the UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences.
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