Women Health

Towards the end of the 19th century, a radical form of mastectomy that removed not just a woman’s breast but also her lymph nodes and her chest wall muscles was developed by William Halstead as an effective treatment for breast cancer. Today however this highly disfiguring procedure is considered unnecessary and is rarely performed having [...]

A total abdominal hysterectomy is a procedure that surgically removes a woman’s uterus and her cervix, whereas a subtotal or partial hysterectomy (also known as supracervical hysterectomy) removes the uterus leaving the cervix in place. The removal of the uterus is considered an extreme procedure and one that shouldn’t be undertaken without sufficient reason. When [...]

Hysterectomy, which is the surgical removal of a woman’s uterus can be of several different types, depending upon what reproductive organs are removed and which are preserved. A radical hysterectomy is one type of this surgery where not only the uterus but also the cervix, lymph nodes, parametrium and upper vagina are surgically removed. The [...]

When you are wondering what is a hysterectomy, you should know that this is the procedure during which a specialist removes the uterus or the womb of a woman. It is possible to remove the entire uterus or only a part of it. Once a woman has a hysterectomy, she won’t be able to become [...]

Hysterectomy is the removal of the uterus and perhaps the ovaries and fallopian tubes as well by surgery. Though hysterectomy may be indicated for a number of gynecological conditions, it is something that ought to be approached with caution. A hysterectomy should only be used as a last resort after all other options have been [...]

Hysterectomy refers to the surgical removal of the uterus. There are various kinds of health reasons why women choose hysterectomy which can be undertaken using different methods. The reasons of hysterectomies and the methods in which these are undertaken are diverse and may lead to different hysterectomy side effects, the most notable of which is [...]

Hysterectomy surgery is something that some women have to have but something that others will choose to have. This is the process when the womb is removed and will sometimes happen at the same time the fallopian tubes and ovaries are removed. Different types of hysterectomy surgery There are three different types of surgery that [...]

The issue of hormone replacement therapy remains a controversial one, with some urging women to shun the treatment completely and others urging women to opt for it in their own interests. So the issue of hormone replacement therapy after hysterectomy or surgical menopause is an interesting one. We seem to have come a fully circle [...]

One of the common complaints that many women have after undergoing hysterectomy surgery is that of weight gain. Why does weight gain after hysterectomy occur, how normal is it and what can a woman do to deal with this? We look at these common issues relating to this frequently experienced side effect of menopause. Why [...]

A hysterectomy is often termed as surgical menopause and can have many of the same symptoms as natural menopause. However in a lot of ways the symptoms of hysterectomy and menopause are different as well so let us look and how similar and different they can be. How are Hysterectomy and menopause similar? If a [...]