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Hysterectomy does not increase the risk of hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke over a mean follow-up of 6 years: A longitudinal national cohort study
Hysterectomy is one of the most common major gynecologic surgeries performed in women worldwide. The indications of hysterectomy are leiomyoma, menorrhagia, dysmenorrhea, endometriosis, chronic pelvic pain, pelvic organ prolapse, and gynecologic malignancy [1]. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels and include coronary artery diseases, stroke, and other heart diseases [2]. In the obstetric and gynecologic field, there are several conditions with an increased risk of CVD, including preeclampsia, gestational hypertension, gestational diabetes mellitus (DM), polycystic ova...
Source: Maturitas - August 22, 2018 Category: Primary Care Authors: Hyo Geun Choi, Suk Woo Lee Source Type: research

The risk of stroke after bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy at hysterectomy for benign diseases: a nationwide cohort study
Source: Maturitas - May 19, 2018 Category: Primary Care Authors: Jerry Cheng-Yen Lai, Yiing-Jenq Chou, Nicole Huang, Hung-Hui Chen, Kung-Liahng Wang, Chien-Wei Wang, I-Hsuan Shen, Hung-Chang Chang Source Type: research