Hysterectomy is the removal of the uterus. This can be done through either anabdominal or a vaginal incision, and either with or without removal of the ovaries. Almost 600,000 hysterectomiesare performed each year in the U.S. This makes hysterectomy the second most common major surgical procedure performedin this country, with the first most common being cesarean section.

Although most women will have fibroids during their lifetime, only a small number of them will ever need treatment. The vast majority of women with fibroids are unaware of them until their doctor feels them at the time of a routine exam. Some women have very minor symptoms, which are not bothersome at all.

It is important to find a surgeon who takes time to talk to you and after a thorough evaluation discusses all of your treatment options. It's difficult to evaluate surgical skills without talking to medical personnel who observe surgery, but you can get some idea of someone's comfort level with a procedure by talking to them. While it's important to understand that there are risks to any surgery, I would be steer away from anyone who states that myomectomy is too difficult to do, bleeds too much, or does if they do not seem comfortable with the procedure.

Dysplasia is not cancer, but it can turn into cancer if it is not treated. By proper treatment of dysplasia and by proper follow-up, we can significantly reduce the chances that cancer might develop.

Sometime after her first delivery, she gradually became aware of increasing pelvic pressure, and some discomfortwith intercourse. The pelvic supports often weaken after a woman gives birth, and this is sometimes referred toas "pelvic relaxation" by doctors. It is quite likely that Marie was feeling some of the effects of thispelvic relaxation.

The most frequent response to the question of how sex and orgasm are a year after hysterectomy is a laugh and a big smile. Most women in Birmingham tell me that there is no change in the way they feel orgasm, and they are able to enjoy sex more since they don't have their original problem to interfere with sex.

There could be any number of reasons why your doctor in Birmingham thinks surgery may be necessary. Now is the time to take a step back and reexamine what has brought you to this point in time. Once you've done this, you need to ask yourself and your physician, whether it be your primary care physician or your gynecologist, or both, for that matter, exactly why you need this and exactly what they mean by hysterectomy.

Hysterectomy is not a religion that one believes in. It is not a political position that I am for or against. It is a surgical procedure that like any other surgical procedure has both advantages and disadvantages. There are many situations in which less extensive surgery may be preferable. There also are times when a hysterectomy may be the best alternative. Each situation is unique.

Submucous and intracavitary myomas can often be removed through the cervix using an instrument called a resectoscope. The resectoscope is a special type of hysteroscope with a built in wire loop that uses high-frequency electrical energy to cut or coagulate tissue. It was developed for surgery of the bladder and the male prostate over fifty years ago to allow surgery inside an organ without having to make an incision, and has made hysteroscopic myomectomy possible.

To evaluate the laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH) in terms of indications, uterine size that can be operated upon, surgical procedures and their safety, intraoperative complications and blood loss, operative time, concomitant surgical procedures, postoperative period and complications, and average total cost.

To report rates of amenorrhea and treatment failure after global endometrial ablation and to estimate the association between patient factors and these outcomes by developing and validating prediction models.

A retrospective chart review was performed to identify all patients who underwent supracervical hysterectomy or total abdominal hysterectomy at a tertiary care center. Patients who met criteria for participation were sent a one page confidential, anonymous questionnaire to assess sexual function experienced both pre- and postoperatively.

Hysterectomy is defined as the surgical removal of the uterus. Once the decision has been made, then there are other factors that must be considered. Certainly the expediency with which the surgery should be performed should be understood. For instance, if a woman is having surgery for cancer, this is not a surgery that should be put off six months until it is more convenient for her work schedule. On the other hand, if it is for an improvement in her quality of life and not an emergency, then she may schedule it for her convenience.