Jason D. Wright

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) and surgical complications and health care utilization among patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) undergoing hysterectomy. METHODS: Using MarketSca…

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: It is unknown to what extent the surgical management of endometriosis occurs in the outpatient settings and which factors are associated with ambulatory vs inpatient surgical care. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to …

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…

PURPOSE: To examine the utilization and characteristics related to the use of hysteroscopy at the time of endometrial evaluation for endometrial hyperplasia in the outpatient surgery setting. METHODS: This cross-sectional study queried the…

BACKGROUND: Although hysteropexy has been used to preserve the uterus during uterine prolapse surgery for a long time, there is a scarcity of data that describe the nationwide patterns of use of this surgical procedure. OBJECTIVE: This stu…

We used a claims database to identify patients with uterine leiomyomas who underwent hysterectomy between 2011 and 2019. Use of conservative medical and surgical interventions in the 24-month period before hysterectomy was explored. Overall…

BACKGROUND: Cancer is the leading cause of death in Asian Americans (AA), the fastest-growing U.S. population group. Despite heterogeneity in socioeconomic status and health behaviors by ethnicity, few studies have assessed cancer outcomes …

BACKGROUND: In recent years, the issue of out-of-network billing for privately insured patients has been highlighted as a source of unexpected out-of-pocket charges for patients, even in the setting of an in-network primary surgeon. The Con…

BACKGROUND: Clinicians in the United States have rapidly adopted opportunistic salpingectomy for ovarian cancer prevention. However, little is known about racial and ethnic differences in opportunistic salpingectomy adoption. Surgical innov…

BACKGROUND: Following a 2014 safety warning (that laparoscopic power morcellation may increase tumor dissemination if patients have occult uterine cancer), hysterectomy practice shifted from laparoscopic to abdominal approach. This avoided …

BACKGROUND: Safety warnings about power morcellation in 2014 considerably changed hysterectomy practice, especially for laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy that typically requires morcellation to remove the corpus uteri while preserving…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: To examine the association between hospital surgical volume and perioperative mortality of pelvic exenteration performed for gynecologic malignancies. METHODS: A population-based retrospective study utilizing the…

The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged our ability to provide timely surgical care for our patients. In response, the U.S. Surgeon General, the American College of Srugeons, and other surgical professional societies recommended postponing ele…

OBJECTIVE: To profile patient characteristics associated with and outcomes of ovarian conservation at the time of hysterectomy in young women with minimal-risk endometrial cancer. METHODS: A population-based retrospective analysis of the N…

OBJECTIVE: To examine changes in performance and outcomes of pelvic exenteration for gynecologic malignancies. METHODS: This is a population-based retrospective study examining the Nationwide Inpatient Sample between 2001 and 2015. Women w…

BACKGROUND: Occult uterine cancer at the time of benign hysterectomy poses unique challenges in patient care. There is large variability and uncertainty in estimated risk of occult uterine cancer in the literature and prior research often d…

OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between ovarian conservation and oncologic outcome in surgically-treated young women with early-stage, low-grade endometrial cancer. METHODS: This multicenter retrospective study examined women aged <5…

OBJECTIVE: To model the effect of implementing minimum-volume standards for women who underwent hysterectomy on patient outcomes and surgeon practice patterns. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study using the New York Statewide…

INTRODUCTION: To inform proper surgical planning and policy discussion regarding uterine power morcellation, this study estimated the prevalence of occult uterine cancer in a large population-based sample of women undergoing hysterectomy fo…

OBJECTIVE: To perform a population-based analysis to first examine the changes in surgeon and hospital procedural volume for hysterectomy over time and then to explore the association between very low surgeon procedural volume and outcomes.…

BACKGROUND: The selective estrogen receptor modulator tamoxifen is now widely used for the treatment and prevention of breast cancer. Tamoxifen use has been associated with a variety of gynecologic problems. Despite the frequency with which…