hysterectomy
hysterectomy
Definition
hys·ter·ec·tomy (his′tər ek′tə mē)
hysterectomy
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- undergo: At the age of 32 I had to undergo a full hysterectomy.
- perform: There are two main ways to perform a hysterectomy.
- assist: AB - OBJECTIVE: To assess the place of laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy in the treatment of endometrial cancer.
- have: The group who had had a hysterectomy received HRT by implant.
- avoid: It is particularly helpful for women wanting to maintain fertility and who wish to avoid hysterectomy.
- follow: Use of hormone replacement therapy following hysterectomy: a general practice audit pilot study.
Preposition: at
- age: This case demonstrates that Bio-energy Healing treatment saved a single childless women from having a Hysterectomy at the age of 42 years.
Adjective modifier
- vaginal: Hi All, I'm now 9 weeks post op from having a vaginal hysterectomy, i have had an uneventful recovery.
- laparoscopic: By 1997, laparoscopic hysterectomies were accounting for only about 9.9 % of cases.
- abdominal: Abdominal hysterectomy Four trials of 167 patients were included.
- obstetric: Women with a previous section are up to 27 times more likely to need obstetric hysterectomy than those who have had only vaginal deliveries.
- radical: See the section above on surgery for stage 2 to see what a radical hysterectomy involves.
- total: Women who have had a total hysterectomy: it depends.
Modifies a noun
- operation: Most fibroids do not cause symptoms, but overall symptomatic fibroids account for about one third of all hysterectomy operations.
- patient: They have all received specialist professional development to enable them to work with hysterectomy patients.
- rate: In 1990 hysterectomy rates were 5.5 per 1000 women, by 1997 they had risen to 5.6 per 1000 women.
Noun used with modifier
- subtotal: A " subtotal hysterectomy " removes the uterus leaving the cervix in place.
- emergency: She had a planned cesarean instead, which ended in an emergency hysterectomy.
Preposition: with
- removal: One aged 39 elected to have hysterectomy with removal of only her right ovary ( she had right sided pelvic pain ).
Preposition: for
- treatment: References: Has endometrial ablation replaced hysterectomy for the treatment of dysfunctional uterine bleeding?
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