Menopause : the journal of the North American Menopause Society
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Comparative Study
In-hospital complications of vaginal versus laparoscopic-assisted benign hysterectomy among older women: a propensity score-matched cohort study.
This investigation compared the outcomes of vaginal and laparoscopic hysterectomies for nonprolapsed benign indications in older women. ⋯ Advanced age alone should not be the limiting factor for surgical referral of laparoscopic hysterectomy. The shorter hospital stay and low in-hospital complications associated with laparoscopic, as opposed to vaginal hysterectomies, are important attributes of a surgical procedure essential to the postoperative care in older women aged 65 years or more.