Herbert B. Peterson

OBJECTIVE: To assess the ectopic pregnancy risk among women who conceived with assisted reproductive technology (ART) procedures. METHODS: The ectopic rate for ART pregnancies was calculated from population-based data of pregnancies concei…

We assessed surgical disruption of the endometrial-myometrial border during pregnancy as a risk factor for adenomyosis in a cohort of 1850 women undergoing hysterectomy during 1978 to 1981. Women who had 3 or more abortions when sharp curet…

The aim of this study was to identify factors ascertainable at initial presentation that predict a complicated clinical course in HIV‐negative women hospitalized with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). We used data from a cross‐sectional st…

OBJECTIVE: To analyze reproductive-tract disorders that resulted in hospitalization of reproductive-age women in the United States. METHODS: Data from the National Hospital Discharge Survey for 1988, 1989, and 1990 were used to study women …

The costs of PID to both individuals and society are enormous. Although primary prevention of PID through control of lower genital tract infections is the most effective prevention strategy, early diagnosis and treatment of acute PID may mi…

Studies suggest that hysterectomy and tubal sterilization may alter the function of the remaining ovaries. Conceivably, this effect could alter breast cancer risk. To investigate whether these surgeries affect breast cancer risk, the author…

In the United States, approximately 650,000 women of reproductive age undergo tubal sterilization each year and some of these women later have hysterectomies. Little is known about risk factors for having hysterectomy after tubal sterilizat…

Although hysterectomy was the most frequently performed major surgical procedure among women of reproductive age during the past decade, few recent studies have been conducted to determine the risk of complications. We examined data from th…