Last year, Nicole was miserable -- heavy periods, lots of cramping. Not only did she have fibroids, but her uterus and bladder were slipping downward, causing serious discomfort. Nicole needed a ...

In a new procedure offered at UT Southwestern Medical Center called a laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy, surgeons use new technology to remove the uterus and sometimes one or both ovaries ...

New data suggested that laparoscopic radical hysterectomy that uses modified tumor-free (MTF) techniques can improve outcomes for patients with early-stage cervical cancer. An editorialist, however, ...

A hysterectomy is a surgical operation to remove the uterus, an organ located in the female pelvis. Attached to the uterus on either side is a single fallopian tube and one ovary. During pregnancy, a ...

Randomized Phase III Study Comparing Paclitaxel–Bleomycin, Etoposide, and Cisplatin (BEP) to Standard BEP in Intermediate-Prognosis Germ-Cell Cancer: Intergroup Study EORTC 30983 The Perspective ...

Body weight is affected by calorie intake and expenditure. Rather than looking at weight alone, body mass index (BMI) calculated by weight and height provides more information. According to the World ...

Every year, nearly 700,000 American women have surgery to remove their uterus (hysterectomy) or uterine fibroids (myomectomy). A laparoscopic surgical technique once commonly used in these procedures ...

A hysterectomy procedure can be performed in various different ways. Some of the main techniques include: The abdominal incision technique, which involves removal of the womb through the abdomen. The ...

In this perspective, we review the limitations of the pre-2018 evidence that seemed to support the use of minimally invasive radical hysterectomy in cervical cancer, reflect on the biases that ...

There are various different forms of hysterectomy, as well as different approaches to performing these surgeries. The type of procedure chosen depends on the patient’s condition and how much of their ...