Spatz ES
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Opportunistic salpingectomy reduces ovarian cancer risk. To examine heterogeneity among physicians in their adoption of opportunistic salpingectomy in hysterectomy practice, we identified 33,401 non-pregnant patients aged 18 to 49 years in …
BACKGROUND: Since professional societies recommended counseling patients about opportunistic salpingectomy for ovarian cancer risk reduction, use of opportunistic salpingectomy has increased overall. However, physicians varied in their adop…
OBJECTIVES: To examine variation in physician adoption of opportunistic salpingectomy (OS) for patients undergoing tubal sterilization. STUDY DESIGN: Using the Premier Healthcare Database, we identified patients age 18-49 undergoing postpa…