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BackgroundAmong patients undergoing hysterectomy for benign indications, Black patients experience higher rates of perioperative complications across both abdominal and minimally invasive surgical routes. This disparity persists after adjus…

ObjectiveTo evaluate the effects of shared decision making using a simple decision aid for opioid prescribing after hysterectomy.MethodsWe conducted a prospective quality initiative study including all patients undergoing hysterectomy for b…

OBJECTIVE: To quantify physician prescribing patterns and patient opioid use in the 2 weeks after hysterectomy at an academic institution and to determine whether patient factors predict postsurgical opioid use and pain recovery. METHODS: …

Background and objectivesMorcellation has received increased media and professional attention, but it remains unclear how much the average patient knows about this topic. We sought to evaluate patients' knowledge of morcellation, assess the…

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Endometriosis is a common gynecologic condition estimated to affect 10-15% of reproductive-aged women, 30% of women with subfertility, and 80% of women with chronic pelvic pain. Although mainstays of diagnosis and treatme…

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of surgically confirmed endometriosis in women undergoing laparoscopic or abdominal hysterectomy, including those with and without preoperative indications of chronic pelvic pain or endometriosis, and t…

Steroid abuse is a growing problem among amateur and professional athletes. Because of an inundation of newly and illegally synthesized steroids with minor structural modifications and other designer steroid receptor modulators, there is a …