Late Hysterectomy Start Times Tied to Longer Hospital Stay

Among patients who underwent a hysterectomy for benign indications, a later surgical start time lengthened hospital stay and increased blood loss, according to a retrospective cohort study.

Compared with patients whose operations started in the morning, those who underwent a hysterectomy with an afternoon start time had a longer length of stay (difference of 0.3 days, P<0.001) and a lower likelihood of same-day discharge (24% vs 13%, respectively), reported Tara Brah, MD, of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore.

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