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hysterectomy
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hys·ter·ec·to·my
/ ˌhistəˈrektəmē/
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n.
(pl. -mies)
a surgical operation to remove all or part of the uterus.
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Hysterectomy rate high among female boomers.(Advising BOOMERS)
Magazine article from: National Underwriter Life & Health; 4/25/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...high U.S. hysterectomy rate. The surgeon...recommending hysterectomies and women need...before asking for hysterectomies. In most cases...need to do a hysterectomy if you don...questionable hysterectomies translate into...questionable claims. A hysterectomy costs about...
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Hysterectomy and Sexuality.(Clinical report)
Magazine article from: OB/GYN Clinical Alert; 1/1/2000; 700+ words
; Hysterectomy and Sexuality Abstract & Commentaries...all sexual functioning improved after hysterectomy. Source: Rhodes JC, et al. JAMA...a two-year, prospective study of hysterectomy. This, the Maryland Womens Health...
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Hysterectomy and its alternatives: one small step toward assessing the options.
Newspaper article from: HealthFacts; 5/1/1994; 700+ words
; ...often led to hysterectomy. But women attempting...term effects of hysterectomy. Given the fact that 90% of all hysterectomies are intended...have undergone hysterectomy. The overwhelming majority of hysterectomies in the U.S...
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Hysterectomy rates unchanged over years
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 4/8/2002; ; 700+ words
; Hysterectomy rates unchanged...women have hysterectomies was first...women have hysterectomies each year...will have a hysterectomy by age 60...third of hysterectomies are performed...said. "Hysterectomy is easier...
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Hysterectomy; Treatment.(reports)
Newspaper article from: NWHRC Health Center - Hysterectomy; 12/16/2005; 700+ words
; ...women who had a vaginal hysterectomy had significantly fewer...than those having abdominal hysterectomy. Additionally, the study...women who had the abdominal hysterectomies. Women with large ovarian...be candidates for vaginal hysterectomy. Laparoscopically assisted...
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 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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HYSTERECTOMY RATE SPARKS A QUIET FURY.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 2/17/1997; 700+ words
; ...uterus, the hysterectomy. The debate over hysterectomies is one of...like ``The Hysterectomy Hoax'' and ``No More Hysterectomies.'' They...number of hysterectomies will decline...the peak hysterectomy years of...
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Hysterectomy; Treatment.(Clinical report)
Newspaper article from: NWHRC Health Center - Hysterectomy; 12/16/2007; 700+ words
; ...women who had a vaginal hysterectomy had significantly fewer...than those having abdominal hysterectomy. Additionally, the study...women who had the abdominal hysterectomies. Women with large ovarian...be candidates for vaginal hysterectomy. Laparoscopically assisted...
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Hysterectomy; Treatment.
Newspaper article from: NWHRC Health Center - Hysterectomy; 3/16/2005; 700+ words
; ...Surgeon; Surgical Approaches to Hysterectomy; Scheduling a Hysterectomy; and Hysterectomy Complications. Types of Hysterectomy There has been much concern over the years that hysterectomies are performed too often, sometimes unnecessarily. Getting...
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 "Sun Publications (IL)")
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HYSTERECTOMY OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO WOMEN
Newspaper article from: Sun Publications (IL); 7/9/1997; 700+ words
; ...women have had a hysterectomy, the surgical...treatment options, hysterectomies have come under...Critics say hysterectomies are performed...Q: What is a hysterectomy? A: A hysterectomy...do I know if a hysterectomy is the best option...alternatives to hysterectomies may be ...
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Hysterectomy; Facts to Know.(Clinical report)
Newspaper article from: NWHRC Health Center - Hysterectomy; 12/14/2007; 700+ words
; ...American women. A hysterectomy is often performed...Eighteen percent of hysterectomies are performed to correct...Sixteen percent of hysterectomies are performed to correct...supportive ability. Hysterectomies can be done several...total or complete hysterectomy removes the uterus...
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Hysterectomy
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery: A Guide for Patients and Caregivers
...have had a hysterectomy. It is estimated...that 30% of hysterectomies are unnecessary...of all hysterectomies are performed...Description A hysterectomy is classified...Radical hysterectomy Radical hysterectomies are performed...
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hysterectomy
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
...vaginally. Vaginal hysterectomy is still used in around 1 in 5 hysterectomies in the UK...laparoscopic hysterectomy in 1989. This...time of the hysterectomy and the removal...laparoscopic hysterectomies have also been...
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Wertheim's hysterectomy
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing
Wertheim's hysterectomy ( ver -tymz) n. a radical operation performed for cervical cancer, involving removal of the entire uterus, the connective...
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Colpotomy
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery: A Guide for Patients and Caregivers
...show that: 650,000 hysterectomies are performed annually...000 women undergo hysterectomy per year. In the...American women experience hysterectomy more frequently than...vaginally performed hysterectomies is 3:1, meaning...in one out of four hysterectomy procedures. Female...
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Uterine Fibroids
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
...might be getting worse. Hysterectomy. This involves surgical...fibroids. In fact, 25% of hysterectomies are performed because of...By the time a woman has a hysterectomy for fibroids, she has usually...an abdominal or a vaginal hysterectomy. The choice depends on...
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