Hysterectomy
Hysterectomy
A hysterectomy is surgery to remove a woman's uterus or womb. The uterus is the place where a baby grows when a woman is pregnant. After a hysterectomy, you no longer have menstrual periods and can't become pregnant. Sometimes the surgery also removes the ovaries and fallopian tubes. If you have both ovaries taken out, you will enter menopause.
Types of hysterectomies:
Radical hysterectomy : where the uterus, cervix, and part of the vagina are removed.
Total hysterectomy : where both the uterus and cervix are removed.
Partial hysterectomy : where only the uterus is removed, leaving the cervix intact.