Hysterectomy
Hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus. Reasons for this surgery may include, but are not restricted to, chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, uterine fibroids, and uterine cancer. A hysterectomy may be performed through an abdominal or vaginal incision, or using a laparoscope.
Review Date: 03/10/2011
Reviewed By: Harvey Simon, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Associate Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital.
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