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A hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus, usually done by a gynecologist. Hysterectomy may be total (removing the body and cervix of the uterus) or partial (also called supra-cervical). In many cases, surgical removal of the ovaries (oophorectomy) is performed concurrent with a hysterectomy. The surgery is then called "total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy." Women who have total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy surgeries lose ...
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Hysterectomy Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Dept. of Health and Human Services
- Food and Drug Administration
- American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/
- National Uterine Fibroids Foundation
- American Society for Reproductive Medicine http://www.asrm.org
- National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS http://www.4woman.gov/
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Resource Center http://www.acog.org/
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS http://www.ahcpr.gov/news/pubsix.htm
- National Center for Health Statistics, CDC, OPHS, HHS http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
- Food and Drug Administration, HHS http://www.fda.gov/
- Fibroid Treatment Collective http://www.fibroids.com/
- Division of Vascular Interventional Radiology, Georgetown University Medical Center http://www.georgetown.edu/departments/radiology/VIR/index.html
- YourSurgery.com http://www.yoursurgery.com
- Office of Population Affairs Clearinghouse, OPA, OPHS, OS, HHS http://opa.osophs.dhhs.gov/clearinghouse.html
- The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) http://www.menopause.org/
- Cleveland Clinic http://www.clevelandclinic.org
Resources
- ACOG's Physician Directory (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
- AHRQ Women's Health Highlights (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS)
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