This is a statistical aberration. People who have hysterectomy are
the same group of patients who may need or eventually need hysterectomy
so one cannot make this assumption of causality for hysterectomy in this
group.
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At Sat, 27 Oct 2007, Robin wrote:
>
>Does this apply to a LSH as well? I know one thing I have read and have
>been told is with a LSH, the cervix is there to help support.
>Your thoughts??
>
>At Fri, 26 Oct 2007, Hope wrote:
>>
>>Hysterectomy May Boost Incontinence Risk
>>When done to treat benign conditions, procedure more than doubled the
>>odds, study found
>>
>>"This 30-year study, conducted between 1973 and 2003, involved more than
>>165,000 Swedish women who had undergone a hysterectomy and more than
>>479,500 women who had not.
>>
>>The risk of having to undergo surgery for stress urinary incontinence
>>was 2.4 times higher in the hysterectomy group than in the control
>>group, regardless of what type of surgical technique was used for the
>>hysterectomy.
>>
>>The highest risk was during the first five years after the hysterectomy,
>>when the risk was 2.7 times higher.
>>
>>The lowest risk was more than 10 years down the line, when the risk was
>>only 2.1 times higher for patients who had undergone a hysterectomy
>>compared with those who had not.
>>
>>The most logical explanation for the association, according to the
>>authors, was surgical trauma that can occur when the uterus and cervix
>>are detached from the pelvic-floor supportive tissues during a
>>hysterectomy."
>>
>>http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_56692.html
>>
>>--
>>Hope, WH Forum Moderator
>>
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