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Volume 45, Issue 8, Pages 6-7 (August 2010)


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Same-Day Discharge Safe in Lap. Hysterectomy

SHERRY BOSCHERT

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Major Finding: Among 287 patients who underwent supracervical laparoscopic hysterectomy, only 0.7% were readmitted within 48 hours, and 3.4% within 3 months. Among 241 patients who underwent total laparoscopic hysterectomy, only 0.4% were readmitted within 48 hours, and 4.1% within 3 months.

Data Source: Retrospective case series of all women undergoing a laparoscopic hysterectomy for benign indications, performed by ob.gyn. generalists.

Disclosures: None was reported.

 From the Annual Meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

PII: S0029-7437(10)70295-0

doi:10.1016/S0029-7437(10)70295-0


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