William H Parker

OBJECTIVE: To report long-term mortality after oophorectomy or ovarian conservation at the time of hysterectomy in subgroups of women based on age at the time of surgery, use of estrogen therapy, presence of risk factors for coronary heart …

Pelvic pain that lasts 6 or more months, and is not associated with the menstrual period, is called chronic pelvic pain (menstrual pain is discussed in chapter 3). Chronic pelvic pain is a fairly common problem. It is estimated that about 2…

Complications may occur during laparoscopic surgery, even with a skilled surgeon and under ideal circumstances; human error is inevitable. Videotaped procedures from malpractice cases are evaluated to ascertain potential contributing cognit…

OBJECTIVE: To report long-term health outcomes and mortality after oophorectomy or ovarian conservation. METHODS: We conducted a prospective, observational study of 29,380 women participants of the Nurses' Health Study who had a hysterectom…

OBJECTIVE: To review the risks and benefits of elective oophorectomy and to make a clinical recommendation for an appropriate age when benefits of this procedure outweigh the risks. DESIGN: The risks and benefits of oophorectomy as detailed…

Parker, William H. MD; Broder, Michael S. MD, MPH; Liu, Zhimei PhD; Shoupe, Donna MD; Farquhar, Cindy MD; Berek, Jonathan S. MD, MMSc Author Information

Parker, William H. MD; Broder, Michael S. MD, MPH; Berek, Jonathan S. MD, MMSc; Liu, Zhimei PhD; Shoupe, Donna MD; Farquhar, Jonathan S. MD Author Information