Racial disparities between measures of area deprivation and financial toxicity, and uterine volume in myomectomy patients

• Main Authors: Andrew S. Bossick (Author), Joelle Aoun Abood (Author), Ashlee Oaks (Author), Annmarie Vilkins (Author), Ghadear Shukr (Author), Petra Chamseddine (Author), Ganesa R. Wegienka (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background At time of myomectomy, a surgical procedure to remove uterine fibroids, Black women tend to have larger uteri than White women. This makes Black patients less likely to undergo a minimally invasive myomectomy which has been shown to have less postoperative pain, less frequent pos...