Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 204, Issue 4 , Pages 633-641 , April 2007

Predictors of Hysterectomy in Women with Common Pelvic Problems: A Uterine Survival Analysis

  • Lee A. Learman, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences and Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence address: Lee A Learman, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, 1001 Potrero St, Room 6D-9, San Francisco, CA 94110.
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  • Miriam Kuppermann, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences and Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA
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  • Elena Gates, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences and Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA
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  • Steven E. Gregorich, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA
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  • James Lewis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, San Francisco, CA.
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  • A. Eugene Washington, MD, MSC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences and Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA

Received 27 September 2006 ,Revised 22 December 2006 ,Accepted 2 January 2007.

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 Competing Interests Declared: None.

 Supported by grants from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (U01 HS09478, R01 HS011657, U01 HS07373), National Institute on Aging (U01 HS090478) and Office of Research in Women’s Health, and National Institutes of Health (U01 HS090478).

PII: S1072-7515(07)00009-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.01.006

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 204, Issue 4 , Pages 633-641 , April 2007