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This article reports on the findings of a study to see if women who have had a hysterectomy face an increased risk for lower-urinary-tract sequela. In Great Britain, hysterectomy is the preferred treatment option of several benign diseases such as menometrorrhagia, uterine prolapse, adenomyosis and postmenopausal bleeding. In the U.S. there are 600,000 hysterectomies performed annually, most of which are done for benign indications. The study, conducted in Sweden, found that women who had the surgery were at an increased risk for later stress-urinary-incontinence surgery and therefore alternate treatment options should be explored before the surgery option.