Technicity in Canada: A Nationwide Whole-Population Analysis of Temporal Trends and Variation in Minimally Invasive Hysterectomies

The objective of our study was to provide a contemporary description of hysterectomy practice and temporal trends in Canada. A national whole-population retrospective analysis of data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information. Canada. All women who underwent hysterectomy for benign indication from April 1, 2007, to March 31, 2017, in Canada. Hysterectomy. A total of 369 520 hysterectomies were performed in Canada during the 10-year period, during which the hysterectomy rate decreased from 313 to 243 per 100 000 women. The proportion of abdominal hysterectomies decreased (59.5% to 36.9%), laparoscopic hysterectomies increased (10.8% to 38.6%), and vaginal hysterectomies decreased (29.7% to 24.5%), whereas the national technicity index increased from 40.5% to 63.1% (p