What is a hysterectomy? A hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus that may include the cervix, ovaries, fallopian tubes, and lymph nodes. The hysterectomy can be performed as a vaginal surgery, open abdominal surgery, laparoscopic surgery, or a robotic hysterectomy. A gynecologist (what is a gynecologist?) performs the hysterectomy. The gynecologist is often trained in obstetrics (what is an obstetrician?) since the two fields, obstetrics and gynecology, cover a woman’s pregnant and non-pregnant, reproductive and sexual organs and disorders.

What is a hysterectomy? A hysterectomy is a procedure that is used to treat multiple gynecologic disorders such as endometrial cancer, cervical cancer, ovarian cancer, and advanced vaginal cancer by a gynecologic oncology specialist. A hysterectomy may also cure severe dysmenorrhoea (menstrual cramps), from endometriosis (what is endometriosis?). Other disorders that hysterectomies are performed for include: uterine fibroids, chronic pelvic pain, vaginal prolapse, abnormal vaginal bleeding, and placenta percreta.

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