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Hysterectomy is second only to cesarean section as the most frequently performed major operation in the United States. An estimated 633,000 hysterectomies are performed annually.¹ Rates of hysterectomy vary significantly among regions, with a sixfold difference among Western countries.² Thirty-seven percent of women in the United States and 20 percent of women in the United Kingdom have had a hysterectomy by the age of 60.^3,4 Rates vary as much as fivefold even within the same geographic area and among physicians at the same hospital.⁵ Several important questions have been raised regarding the current use of hysterectomy. Why are so many . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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