Lycke KD, Kahlert J, Damgaard R, et al. - Researchers aimed at describing trends in hysterectomy (removal of the uterus) incidence rates overall and stratified by age, indication, and procedure. Using Danish national registries, they conducted this nationwide population-based cohort study of a total of 98,484 women who had a hysterectomy during the study period, which corresponded to an overall age-standardized, hysterectomy-corrected hysterectomy incidence rate (SIR) of 351.1 per 100,000 person-years. Observations revealed a decline in the hysterectomy-corrected incidence rates of benign hysterectomy over time. A shift has been noted in surgical procedure over time, irrespective of indication, from abdominal hysterectomy to minimally invasive surgical procedures.