Safety Warning about Laparoscopic Power Morcellation in Hysterectomy: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of National Impact

Background: Following a 2014 safety warning (that laparoscopic power morcellation may increase tumor dissemination if patients have occult uterine cancer), hysterectomy practice shifted from laparoscopic to abdominal approach. This avoided morcellating occult cancer, but increased perioperative comp...

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Main Authors: Xiao Xu, Vrunda B. Desai, Peter E. Schwartz, Cary P. Gross, Haiqun Lin, Maria J. Schymura, Jason D. Wright
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mary Ann Liebert 2022-03-01
Series:Women's Health Reports
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Online Access:https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/WHR.2021.0101