Increase in the prevalence of hysterectomy among low-and middle-income countries
(LMICs) such as India has become a significant concern. Reports based on either a …

Background Evidence of hysterectomy in India is limited mainly due to lack of information in
large-scale nationally representative health surveys. In 2015–16, the fourth National Family …

Hysterectomy is a leading reason for use of health insurance amongst low-income women in
India, but there are limited population-level data available to inform policy. This paper …

Objective. Aim of this audit was to analyze indications, complications, and correlation of
preoperative diagnosis with final histopathology report of all hysterectomies, performed in a …

Objective The National Family Health Survey‐4 in India provided the first nationally
representative estimates of hysterectomy among women aged 15–49. This paper aims to …

This paper presents findings on hysterectomy prevalence from a 2010 cross-sectional
household survey of 2,214 rural and 1,641 urban, insured and uninsured women in low …

Abstract Background In India, community based studies and media reports indicate a surge
in the number of young women undergoing hysterectomy in the past few years. This has led …

Objectives Hysterectomy is one of the most common surgical procedures performed on
women in developed countries; however, little is known about the epidemiology of …

Background Despite indications of a rapid increase in the number of hysterectomies
performed in India, very few studies have methodically investigated the rate and …

Background There is limited evidence of hysterectomy in India because of a lack of data in
large-scale, nationally representative health surveys. In 2015–16, the fourth National Family …