INTRODUCTION: Heavy menstrual bleeding (menorrhagia) affects 10 million reproductive-age women. Stress is a mechanism for menstrual disorders, and during the COVID-19 pandemic, women reported worsening premenstrual and menstrual symptoms. W…
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate how stress related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected women's menstrual cycles. We hypothesized that women with high levels of COVID-19-related stress would have more menstrual changes co…
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the applicability of the Uterine mass Magna Graecia (UMG) risk index (elevation defined by a lactate dehydrogenase isoenzyme index >29) in women undergoing surgery for benign fibroids and to determine whether other fa…
Background: While robotic surgery for gynecologic indications received U.S. government approval in 2005, and has been rapidly and widely adopted, it is currently unclear how often this approach to hysterectomy is utilized. Objective: The ai…