Paula D. Strassle

2021

Association of Preoperative Depression and Anxiety With Long-term Opioid Use After Hysterectomy for Benign Indications.

Obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1097/aog.0000000000004568

ObjectiveTo assess whether preoperative depression or anxiety is associated with increased risk of long-term, postoperative opioid use after hysterectomy among women who are opioid-naïve.MethodsWe conducted an observational cohort study of …

other 2019

Use of Historic Surgical Times to Predict Duration of Hysterectomy: Stratifying by Uterine Weight

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2019.01.003

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To describe the accuracy of historic averages for estimating operating room (OR) time for hysterectomy among women with small and large uteri. DESIGN: A retrospective cohort study. SETTING: Data from women who underwent a…

article 2018

Uterine weight and complications after abdominal, laparoscopic, and vaginal hysterectomy

·doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2018.06.015

BackgroundAlthough uterine size has been a previously cited barrier to minimally invasive hysterectomy, experienced gynecologic surgeons have been able to demonstrate that laparoscopic and vaginal hysterectomy is feasible with increasingly …