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Health Encyclopedia: Uterine Fibroids And Hysterectomy Hysterectomy
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Hysterectomy
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 U.S., which is among the highest rate of all countries. 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 the United Stats are more likely ...
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