Hysterectomy Raises Risk Of Incontinence Surgery, New Study

A new 30 year Swedish study has found that women who have had a hysterectomy to treat non-life threatening conditions have a higher risk later in life of getting urinary incontinence that needs surgery to correct it.The study is published in the 27th October issue of The Lancet and is the work of Dr Daniel Altman of the Karolinska Institutet Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm, and colleagues. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Urology on October 30th, 2007