The overall rate of hysterectomy on benign indications has remained reasonably stable in Sweden over the last decade. Major trends involved a considerable decrease in rates of abdominal hysterectomy, increased use of vaginal hysterectomy and increased number of hysterectomies performed for pelvic organ prolapse.
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