Posted on 07/06/2024 5:01:08 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
In the US, hysterectomy is the second most commonly performed surgery among women after cesarean section; around 1 in 3 will undergo the procedure by the age of 60. But according to a new study, 1 in 5 women in the US may not need to.
Around 68% of hysterectomies for benign conditions are done to treat abnormal uterine bleeding, uterine fibroids and endometriosis.
Rates of hysterectomy in the US are falling, with one study reporting a 36.4% reduction in the number of hysterectomies carried out between 2003 and 2010.
Still, more than 400,000 hysterectomies are carried out in the US every year, and the researchers of this latest study – including Dr. Daniel Morgan of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Michigan Medical School – note that concerns about the appropriateness of hysterectomy remain.
For their study – published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology – Dr. Morgan and colleagues set out to analyze the use of such alternative treatments prior to a hysterectomy among women with benign conditions, and whether the pathology following a hysterectomy supported the need for the surgery…
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I’m not the least surprised. $$ maker.
If fibroids are stated as the reason, there are some therapeutic ways to reduce certain types of fibroids.
There are also new minimally invasive options to remove fibroids, which can still leave women capable of having children.
I think a lot of c-sections are also uncalled for as well. No peeps about that either.
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So true but thankfully, this is far more of a mainstream discussion. Now it’s veering too far the other way though — with women in some circles self-imposing unnecessary guilt and shame over having a baby in the hospital as opposed to their own home etc…
Yes! Like uterine fibroid embolization! But the awareness is still not as mainstream as it should be.
Wife had #11 & #12 @ home. No shame just very tired of the docs/hospitals. Out first daughter just had her first at home too. She had seen plenty of hospital nut-rolls first hand growing up.
Oh wow congratulations! I believe home births are the most ideal — but yeah I meant that there can be shame surrounding things like having a child in breech, or complications requiring emergency surgery, or even an epidural for pain!
I’m sorry, friend. That sounds like a really tough road. I’ll keep you and your husband in my prayers.
My first oncologist refused my request for a referral to an Endo doctor stating that he wasn’t worried about the over 1 cm mass on my adrenal gland. I was so infuriated I fired him on the spot and just tried to get out of that room. I could tell he was perplexed as to why I wasn’t asking questions. The Dr was suppose to be brilliant but I wasn’t letting him touch me in a surgery.
I have been the victim of so much medical gaslighting I have really come to despise the profession.
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