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Rebecca Voelker
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JAMA. 1998;279:902.

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Women who have undergone sterilization are 4 to 5 times more likely to have a hysterectomy than women who have not been sterilized, according to a new report.

In a prospective, multicenter study of 7718 women, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Ga, found the 5-year probability of hysterectomy was greater among sterilized women for each of the 6 methods of tubal sterilization and after adjustment for gynecologic disorders. Age at the time of sterilization also was not a factor.

The researchers said biological factors probably aren't involved in the association; in fact, they couldn't determine specific reasons for the relationship between sterilization and hysterectomy. However, they suggested that women who have been sterilized may be more likely to have surgery for other conditions. The report appeared last month in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

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