Because the CDC declined to report the number of outpatient hysterectomies in their recent Ambulatory Surgery Data it appears the hysterectomy rate is decreasing. When the outpatient number is added to the inpatient hysterectomies the total reveals an increase in the number of hysterectomies.
Philadelphia, PA - According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), "60,435 outpatient hysterectomies were unreported" in 2006. The c ...