title: Hysterectomy: is there a need for a clinical trial?
abstract: Hysterectomy, the second most common operation today, with the majority of cases done in perimenopausal women usually performed for symptomatic relief. Consequently controversy exists on the appropriateness of indications. A clinical trial is proposed to study this question.
authors.affiliation: Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Bachmann
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008593:Menopause