2023
Health Care Disparities in Patients Undergoing Hysterectomy for Benign Indications
Wieslander C, Grimes C, Balk E, Hobson D, Ringel N, Sanses T, Singh R, Richardson M, Lipetskaia L, Gupta A, White A, Orejuela F, Meriwether K, Antosh D. Health Care Disparities in Patients Undergoing Hysterectomy for Benign Indications. Obstetrics And Gynecology 2023, 142: 1044-1054. PMID: 37826848, DOI: 10.1097/aog.0000000000005389.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care disparitiesBenign indicationsCare disparitiesVaginal hysterectomyMedicare insuranceHysterectomy complicationsPatient-level outcomesMultivariable regression analysisInvasive hysterectomy proceduresHealth care systemPrior hysterectomyStrength of associationLaparoscopic hysterectomyBlack patientsMultivariable analysisSurgical outcomesPoor outcomeInsurance statusRisk markersIndependent associationEligible studiesSTUDY SELECTIONHysterectomy proceduresHysterectomyHispanic ethnicity
2021
Disparities in Complications After Prolapse Repair and Sling Procedures: Trends From 2010-2018
Ringel NE, Brown O, Moore KJ, Carey ET, Dieter AA. Disparities in Complications After Prolapse Repair and Sling Procedures: Trends From 2010-2018. Urology 2021, 160: 81-86. PMID: 34800479, DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2021.11.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVascular complication ratesComplication rateProlapse repairVascular complicationsProlapse repair proceduresHigher oddsSling procedureHispanic womenBlack womenPostoperative complication rateHigh complication rateMultivariable logistic regressionNon-black womenRepair proceduresEthnic groupsPostoperative complicationsFemale patientsComplicationsLogistic regressionWomenOddsSlingRepairGroupPatients