Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: To the Editor: Rosenbaum’s article on morcellation (March 10 issue)1 contends that the practice receded from use in gynecology because of an “emotionally” publicized “N-of-1” complication at a prominent hospital.2 It is true that an N of 1 mobilized a large-scale focus on determining the actual risk of death from cancer upstaging owing to morcellation — on the order of 1 in 300, as now established by several notable studies.3 Until December 2013, most women had no idea that their fibroids were being morcellated or that they might be at risk for cancer upstaging — and this was a serious . . .
Source: New England Journal of Medicine
DOI: 10.1056/nejmc1605896
Authors: Hooman Noorchashm, Amy J. Reed
Institution: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Language: English
Subfield: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2467642274