Hysterectomy
Hysterectomy is surgical removal of the uterus, resulting in inability to become pregnant. This surgery may be done for a variety of reasons including, but not restricted to, chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, uterine fibroids and cancer. A hysterectomy may be done through an abdominal or a vaginal incision.
Review Date: 12/31/2008
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; and Susan Storck, MD, FACOG, Chief, Eastside
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Group Health Cooperative
of Puget Sound, Redmond, Washington; Clinical Teaching Faculty,
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington
School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
