Hysterectomy
November 12, 2008
Hysterectomy is a surgical procedure implied on women in order to remove partially or totally removal of women reproductive system. This surgical operation can be done through vaginal hysterectomy, or a laparoscopic hysterectomy, or through abdominal hysterectomy. As this operation is done to remove a partial removal of organ as well as removal of the whole reproductive system of a particular patient, different kinds of hysterectomy removes different parts of the reproductive system.
Needless to mention that hysterectomy is recommended on a patient when some kinds of abnormal physical conditions are observed by the physicians related to reproductive organs like, fibroids, heavy bleeding at the time of menstruation, endometriosis, prolepses, ovarian cancer, or incase of post natal complications of the nursing mother are observed and that problem demands surgical intervention.
Hysterectomy itself is a major and difficult kind of surgery and it needs mastery over the situation that decides the best process or the best way by which the operation needs to be done. In case of abdominal hysterectomy, the requirement of extensive observation of the reproductive system is required or there is some anomaly in the uterus or in cases where the patient had never been a mother before.
Vaginal hysterectomy is done to remove the uterus from the vaginal opening and it is done in the situation when due to some reason removal of uterus becomes necessary for steady life of the patient. The operation is done through a incision in the upper part of vagina.
Like all laparoscopic surgeries, laparoscopic hysterectomy is done by making some incisions in the abdomen; a laparoscope is inserted in the side of the abdominal cavity to view the organs internally and accordingly decision is taken to make more incisions to accommodate the operation process.
The recovery period in post-hysterectomy differs from one process to another and it requires 2-5 days stay in hospital after the operation. Vaginal hysterectomy heals faster than abdominal hysterectomy; and in case of abdominal hysterectomy, it takes like eight weeks before going back to normal shape of life.
Side effects of hysterectomy includes irritation cased by nausea, pain in the abdomen, vaginal discharge or in some cases bleeding from vagina are observed.
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