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Hysterectomy, which is removal of the uterus, is one of the most common surgical procedures performed in women. The incidence of inpatient hysterectomy procedures has steadily declined from a high of almost 700,000 in 2002 to around 430,000 in 2010 (Wright et al., 2013). By 2014, the rates of outpatient laparoscopic and robotic-assisted surgery had increased by 44% (Moawad et al., 2014). Improvements in therapeutic options including medications, increased use of minimally invasive nonsurgical te...