Sentences with phrase «percent of hysterectomies»

Case in point: Around 60 percent of hysterectomies are done for fibroids or endometriosis, yet less invasive treatments exist.

About 40 percent of hysterectomy cases occur because of uterine fibroids, which are non-cancerous tumors that cause an enlarged uterus.

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Now more than 70 percent of surgical procedures are performed in an outpatient setting, including more complex surgeries, such as hysterectomy, spine surgery and thyroid surgery.

The study shows that women who had a hysterectomy without any ovary removal had a 14 percent increased risk in lipid abnormalities, a 13 percent increased risk of high blood pressure, an 18 percent increased risk of obesity and a 33 percent increased risk of coronary artery disease.

For the individual procedures, the rate of readmission ranged from 3.8 percent after hysterectomy to 14.9 percent after lower extremity vascular bypass.

The most common reason for readmission after bariatric surgery was ileus (blockage of the intestine) or obstruction (24.5 percent), and ileus or obstruction was the second most common reason for readmission overall (10.3 percent) and for colectomy or proctectomy, ventral hernia repair, and hysterectomy.

In a survey of Kaiser Permanente's Northern California gynecologists in early 2015, 86 percent reported offering women removal of the fallopian tubes at the time of hysterectomy.

Between June 2013 and May 2014, 72.7 percent of women included in the study had fallopian tubes removed at the time of hysterectomy, compared with 14.7 percent between June 2011 and May 2012.

Although hysterectomy should be considered for uterine cancer, some 90 percent of procedures in the United States today are performed for reasons other than treating cancer, according to William H. Parker, MD, clinical professor of gynecology at UCLA and author of the 05 study.

In fact, he adds, of the 617,000 hysterectomies performed annually, «from 76 to 85 percent» may be unnecessary.

However, up to 15 percent of people may experience recurrent endo symptoms even after hysterectomy and ovary removal.