How
to Decide if You Might Need a:
Hysterectomy - Removal of the Uterus
Oophorectomy - Removal of the Ovaries
Any surgery should be done for a very good reason,
by the most appropriate surgical route, in the least
debilitating way, allowing the speediest recovery of
function. Deciding if the uterus or ovaries should
be removed is actually two separate processes, for
two different sets of reasons.
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This PDF, above, covers all of this material:
Hysterectomy
- Definitions of surgical approaches to hysterectomy
- Total Abdominal Hysterectomy (TAH)
- Total Vaginal Hysterectomy (TVH)
- Laparoscopic Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy (LAVH)
- Laparoscopic Supra-cervical Hysterectomy (LSH)
- Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy (TLH)
- Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Hysterectomy (RALH) with the da Vinci System
- A few facts about hysterectomy
- Your Uterus is not a filter
- Hysterectomy does not ruin your sex life
- Hysterectomy will not cause prolapse of your organs or bladder leakage
- Hysterectomy will not result in your aging faster
- Hysterectomy will not make you get fat
- Hysterectomy will not harm your sense of womanhood or femininity
- Hysterectomy should not leave in the cervix
- Why would you need a hysterectomy?
- Cancerous or pre-cancerous problems of the ovaries, uterus or cervix
- Benign problems of the uterus and ovaries, and pain
Fibroids of the Uterus
- Will I be happy after I have a hysterectomy?
Oophorectomy
- Why would you elect to remove the ovaries?
- Removing the ovaries will put you into menopause
- Relieve significant pain, during menses, during sex or other activity
- Relieve disability from premenstrual symptoms (PMS)
- Prevention of Hormone-related migraines
- To prevent ovarian cancer
- To reduce risk of new breast cancer
- To reduce breast cancer recurrence in women with prior breast cancer
- Quality of life: do you deserve it?
Will I be happy after I have a hysterectomy/oophorectomy?
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