Vanessa L. Jacoby|Victor Y. Fujimoto|Linda C. Giudice|Miriam Kuppermann|A. Eugene Washington
Racial and ethnic disparities in benign gynecologic conditions and associated surgeries
University of California, San Francisco|University of California, San Francisco|University of California, San Francisco|University of California, San Francisco|University of California, Los Angeles|University of California, San Francisco
common gynecologic conditions surgeries may vary significantly race ethnicity uterine fibroid tumors prevalent black women black women may larger numerous fibroid tumors cause worse symptoms greater myomectomy complications studies found higher prevalence endometriosis among asian women race ethnicity also associated hysterectomy rate route complications overall current literature significant deficits identification racial ethnic disparities incidence fibroid tumors endometriosis hysterectomy research needed better define racial ethnic differences conditions examine complex mechanisms may result associated health disparities