Each year, more than 600,000 women in the U.S. undergo a hysterectomy procedure. While hysterectomies are common, surgical options vary. Each surgical approach may result in differences in recovery time, length of hospital stay, incisions, pain and scarring.
Hysterectomies are performed one of five ways: Abdominal, Laparoscopic, Vaginal SILS, and Robotic.
Supracervical hysterectomy leaves the lower portion of the cervix attached to the vagina. This has several potential benefits. If the reason for the hysterectomy is to remove fibroids, treat abnormal bleeding or relieve chronic pelvic pain, it may be possible to remove only the uterus and leave the cervix. Doctors use this procedure, known as a supracervical hysterectomy (or partial hysterectomy), to remove the least amount of tissue from the uterus and the opening to the cervix remains intact.
Illustrated below are several portions of a supracervical hysterectomy. Additional video files of surgery are available at http://www.youtube.com/hgretzmd
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