2021
Physician attitudes and knowledge on prophylactic salpingectomy in perimenopausal patients
Fialkow M, Castleberry N, Wright JD, Schulkin J, Desai VB. Physician attitudes and knowledge on prophylactic salpingectomy in perimenopausal patients. Gynecologic Oncology Reports 2021, 37: 100824. PMID: 34295957, PMCID: PMC8281582, DOI: 10.1016/j.gore.2021.100824.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCancer risk reductionOvarian cancer risk reductionCollaborative Ambulatory Research NetworkProphylactic salpingectomyFallopian tubeRisk reductionTime of hysterectomySeverity of symptomsOvarian preservationBilateral salpingectomyOvarian conservationPerimenopausal patientsSurgical menopausePatient ageVaginal drynessVasomotor disturbancesBenign hysterectomyBenign indicationsCardiovascular healthOvarian removalObstetrician-GynecologistsOvarian cancerCardiovascular diseaseFamily historyPhysicians' attitudes
2019
Association Between Power Morcellation and Mortality in Women With Unexpected Uterine Cancer Undergoing Hysterectomy or Myomectomy.
Xu X, Lin H, Wright JD, Gross CP, Boscoe FP, Hutchison LM, Schwartz PE, Desai VB. Association Between Power Morcellation and Mortality in Women With Unexpected Uterine Cancer Undergoing Hysterectomy or Myomectomy. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 37: 3412-3424. PMID: 31518176, PMCID: PMC6901279, DOI: 10.1200/jco.19.00562.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal abdominal hysterectomyOccult uterine sarcomaUncontained power morcellationDisease-specific mortalityOccult uterine cancerSupracervical abdominal hysterectomyPower morcellationOccult endometrial carcinomaAbdominal hysterectomyUterine sarcomaUterine cancerEndometrial carcinomaMortality riskMultivariable Cox regressionPrognosis of patientsSubset of womenTime of hysterectomyHospital discharge recordsCancer registry dataHigher mortality riskOccult leiomyosarcomaCause mortalityLaparoscopic myomectomyPatient characteristicsBenign indications