Hysterectomy is performed for a variety of benign conditions that have not responded to conservative management, including heavy menstrual bleeding, symptomatic uterine fibroids, chronic pelvic pain ...

The uterus is the fourth most common site of malignancy among women in the UK, and endometrial cancer is the most common type of uterine cancer. The predominant symptom of endometrial cancer is ...

We identified 8,545 patients, including 8,018 (93.8%) who underwent abdominal hysterectomy and 527 (6.2%) who had a laparoscopic hysterectomy. Performance of laparoscopic hysterectomy increased from 3 ...

A hysterectomy is a common surgery where the doctor removes a woman’s uterus. It is the second most frequently performed surgery in the United States for women. About 600,000 hysterectomies are ...

There are four types of hysterectomy. The one you have will depend on why you need it and how much of your reproductive system can safely remain. A hysterectomy involves the removal of part or all of ...

New data suggested that laparoscopic radical hysterectomy that uses modified tumor-free (MTF) techniques can improve outcomes for patients with early-stage cervical cancer. An editorialist, however, ...