• DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61635-3
Corpus ID: 27132159

Hysterectomy and risk of stress-urinary-incontinence surgery: nationwide cohort study

@article{Altman2007HysterectomyAR,
  title={Hysterectomy and risk of stress-urinary-incontinence surgery: nationwide cohort study},
  author={D. Altman and F. Granath and S. Cnattingius and C. Falconer},
  journal={The Lancet},
  year={2007},
  volume={370},
  pages={1494-1499}
}

D. Altman, F. Granath, +1 author C. Falconer

Published 2007

Medicine

The Lancet

BACKGROUND Hysterectomy for benign indications has been associated with an increased risk for lower-urinary-tract sequela, but results have been inconclusive. We aimed to establish the risk for stress-urinary-incontinence surgery after hysterectomy for benign indications. METHODS We did a nationwide, population-based, cohort study from 1973 to 2003 in Sweden. We identified our population from the Swedish Inpatient Registry. We selected 165 260 women who had undergone hysterectomy (exposed… CONTINUE READING

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