Objective Our objective was to estimate the incidence of uterine leiomyosarcoma in patients
with leiomyomas following laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy and myomectomy
procedures. Study design For this study, we analyzed records of 13,964 women aged 25–64
years who underwent laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomies or myomectomies for
leiomyomas from 2002 to 2011 using Clinformatics DataMart. Patient records were divided
into two groups: history of laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy and history of …

METHODS: This study was performed using health insurance claims data from Clinformatics
DataMart. Data were collected from 2002 to 2011. Diagnoses and procedures were
identified based on International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical
Modification and Current Procedural Terminology codes. Participants were aged 25 to 64
years who were diagnosed with leiomyoma and underwent LSH or LM. Age was
categorized into 3 groups: 25–39, 40–49, and 50–64. RESULTS: Our study population …