Wood ME

No ORCID on file · 4 papers in corpus · active 2023-2025

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  • other 1

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  • endometriosis 2
article 2025
Ethno-Racial Differences in Age and Symptom Severity Among Pre-Menopausal Women Commencing Treatment for Benign Gynecological Conditions with a Levonorgestrel-Releasing Intrauterine Device
Health equity ·doi:10.1089/heq.2024.0238

INTRODUCTION: Levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine devices (LNG-IUDs) can be effective treatments for benign gynecological conditions, but there may be ethno-racial differences in how patients receive treatment. METHODS: Data were from a …

2025
Practice-Level Severity Case Mix and Treatment Patterns for Premenopausal Noncancerous Hysterectomy.
Journal of women's health (2002) ·doi:10.1177/15409996251360548

Background: Hysterectomy for noncancerous conditions is a patient-preference-sensitive procedure. Therefore, gynecological practices may provide hysterectomy at varying levels of symptom severity. We assess whether practice-level severity c…

other 2025
Racial and ethnic differences in risk for hysterectomy following insertion of a levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device: A retrospective cohort study
Contraception ·doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2025.111046

OBJECTIVES: Evidence regarding risk for hysterectomy following treatment for benign gynecological conditions with a levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (LNG-IUD) is limited. We assess whether race and ethnicity are associated with …

2023
The Carolina hysterectomy cohort (CHC): a novel case series of reproductive-aged hysterectomy patients across 10 hospitals in the US south.
BMC women's health ·doi:10.1186/s12905-023-02837-8

BackgroundHysterectomy is a common surgery among reproductive-aged U.S. patients, with rates highest among Black patients in the South. There is limited insight on causes of these racial differences. In the U.S., electronic medical records …