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Hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus and is the second most frequently performed surgery in premenopausal women. (Cesarean sections are first.) About 600,000 hysterectomies are performed each year in the US, which is the highest rate among any nations with published data on this procedure. By age 60, about a third of American women have had this procedure. The highest hysterectomy rates are in women between ages 40 and 44. Women in the southern and midwestern areas of t...

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Is a Hysterectomy Right For You (Part Two)

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...therapy afterwards, and if so, which ones and for how long? What are the side effects of hormone... Read more »

Do You Need A Hysterectomy?

By Toni Hurst , Health Expert

...doesn’t last forever, but can alleviate the pain long enough for you to think through some... Read more »

Aromatase Inhibitor FAQs: Hormone Therapy (Arimidex, Femara, and Aromasin) for Breast Cancer

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...third-generation AIs are still very new, and results of long-term clinical trials are barely... Read more »

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Uterine Fibroids and Hysterectomy: Hysterectomy

...be removed through the vaginal incision, as in the standard approach. Hospitalization stays may be longer and costs are greater than with standard vaginal hysterectomy. The use of LAVH has risen... Read more »

Ovarian Cancer: Surgery

...diaphragmThe omentum (the fatty layer that covers and pads organs in the abdomen)Sometimes lymph nodes along the abdominal aortaAn abdominal wash is performed by injecting a salt solution into the... Read more »

Uterine Fibroids and Hysterectomy: Other Procedures

...symptomsTreatments may not be useful, however, for small fibroids, which may shrink to the point that they are no longer visible at the time of surgery. Since fibroids regrow after treatment, the... Read more »

Cervical Cancer: Treatment for Invasive Cervical Cancer

...risk for recurrence after surgery.Important studies now strongly suggest that when radiation is used along with chemotherapy survival rates improve patients with stages IB to IVA compared to... Read more »

Menstrual Disorders: Surgery

...approach:The doctor uses hysteroscopy to view the uterine cavity. This is a fiber optic light source inside a long flexible or rigid tube, which is inserted into the uterus in order to view the... Read more »

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