Hysterectomy, a surgical procedure to remove the uterus, is a topic that can stir many emotions and concerns. For women facing serious health issues, it often becomes a crucial discussion between ...

Patients who had a hysterectomy at age 30 or younger had higher rates of regret compared with those who had the procedure after 30, a survey-based retrospective cohort study found. Those 30 and ...

When patients undergo hysterectomies, they are often unaware of exactly which organs they have had removed or are unfamiliar with the full range of surgical options available, according to a Dec. 1 ...

Cervical cancer, which develops in the lower portion of the uterus, known as the cervix, typically grows slowly. Cells in the cervix can change, a process known as dysplasia, and the resulting ...

A late-stage trial of women with cervical cancer at low risk of progression found that having a simple hysterectomy instead of a radical hysterectomy resulted in similar outcomes in terms of keeping ...

Research has found simple hysterectomy to not be inferior to radical hysterectomy among patients with low-risk cervical cancer. For patients with early-stage, low-risk cervical cancer, research has ...

Simple hysterectomy patients showed improved sexual health and quality of life compared to radical hysterectomy patients. Simple hysterectomy demonstrated noninferiority in oncologic outcomes, ...

Patients living with endometriosis are more likely to have complications during and after a hysterectomy, new research indicates. Knowing that, surgeons should be prepared for these problems from the ...

Here are the 50 states and the District of Columbia listed according to their progress in reducing surgical site infections among abdominal hysterectomy patients based on data from July 2013 through ...

More than 600,000 American women this year will undergo a hysterectomy, or removal of the uterus. That rate is among the highest in the industrialized world. By age 60, one in three women in the U.S.

Multiple failings led to a patient with Crohn's disease having a hysterectomy without giving informed consent, an ombudsman has found. The woman, in her early 40s, said it has left her feeling like a ...

A late-stage trial of women with cervical cancer at low risk of progression found that having a simple hysterectomy instead of a radical hysterectomy resulted in similar outcomes in terms of keeping ...