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
Preoperative MRI and LDH in women undergoing intra-abdominal surgery for fibroids: Effect on surgical route
Kim A, Boyd L, Ringel N, Meyer J, Bennett G, Lerner V. Preoperative MRI and LDH in women undergoing intra-abdominal surgery for fibroids: Effect on surgical route. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0246807. PMID: 33561167, PMCID: PMC7872248, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246807.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAbnormal magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imaging resultsIntra-abdominal surgeryMagnetic resonance imagingPower morcellationSurgical routeAbnormal magnetic resonance imaging resultsOpen approachResonance imagingSerum lactate dehydrogenase levelPost-protocol groupPre-protocol groupRetrospective cohort studyBaseline patient characteristicsSubset of womenPost-menopausal womenLactate dehydrogenase levelsHigh-risk casesPreoperative magnetic resonanceDiffusion-weighted imagingHigh rateImaging resultsSymptomatic fibroidsChart reviewCohort study"First, Do No Harm"-Trainees' Observation of Risk Reduction in the Treatment of Overactive Bladder.
Bennett AT, Ringel NE, Menhaji K, Brown OE, Hall EF, Cardenas-Trowers OO, Falk KN, Jeney SES, Barnes H, Escobar C, Tellechea LM, Sappenfield EC, Mehta S, Chang OH. "First, Do No Harm"-Trainees' Observation of Risk Reduction in the Treatment of Overactive Bladder. Urogynecology 2021, 27: 2-4. PMID: 33369964, DOI: 10.1097/spv.0000000000000978.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters