Crossword clues for hysterectomy
hysterectomy
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1886, coined in English from Greek hystera "womb" (see uterus) + -ectomy.
Wiktionary
n. (context surgery English) The surgical procedure to remove all of or part of the uterus.
WordNet
n. surgical removal of the uterus
Wikipedia
Hysterectomy (from Greek ὑστέρα, hystera, "uterus" + ἐκτομή, ektomḗ, "a cutting out of") is the surgical removal of the uterus. It may also involve removal of the cervix, ovaries, fallopian tubes and other surrounding structures.
Usually performed by a gynecologist, hysterectomy may be total (removing the body, fundus, and cervix of the uterus; often called "complete") or partial (removal of the uterine body while leaving the cervix intact; also called "supracervical"). It is the most commonly performed gynecological surgical procedure. In 2003, over 600,000 hysterectomies were performed in the United States alone, of which over 90% were performed for benign conditions. Such rates being highest in the industrialized world has led to the major controversy that hysterectomies are being largely performed for unwarranted and unnecessary reasons.
Removal of the uterus renders the patient unable to bear children (as does removal of ovaries and fallopian tubes) and has surgical risks as well as long-term effects, so the surgery is normally recommended when other treatment options are not available or have failed. It is expected that the frequency of hysterectomies for non-malignant indications will fall as there are good alternatives in many cases.
Oophorectomy (removal of ovaries) is frequently done together with hysterectomy to decrease the risk of ovarian cancer. However, recent studies have shown that prophylactic oophorectomy without an urgent medical indication decreases a woman's long-term survival rates substantially and has other serious adverse effects. This effect is not limited to pre-menopausal women; even women who have already entered menopause were shown to have experienced a decrease in long-term survivability post-oophorectomy.
Usage examples of "hysterectomy".
I guess the doctor botched the delivery, and she had to have an emergency hysterectomy.
Recently a hysterectomy patient-an obese woman who had developed a big pus pocket at the bottom of her incision, right above the pubic area-was tranfferred from the gynie floor.
Menstruation after hysterectomy and ovariotomy has been attributed to the incomplete removal of the organs in question, yet upon postmortem examination of some cases no vestige of the functional organs in question has been found.
Then she asked Cheryl to check if Marsha Schulman had had a cholecystectomy and a hysterectomy.
She had really bad endometriosis, and about a year ago finally had a hysterectomy.
Couvelaire uterus with tubes and ovaries was removed by supracervical hysterectomy.
On the floors above Delivery, in flowerless rooms, women lay recovering from hysterectomies and mastectomies.
She looked like a forty-two year old woman who had gone through four pregnancies, three miscarriages, and a hysterectomy, and had come out on the other side.
He had stood by her through all the miscarriages and the hysterectomy and now it was his turn.
I only signed a consent for a biopsy and not anything more extensive like a hysterectomy.
Secondary complications had occurred to him, possibly adhesions, but not hysterectomy.
She loved kids and loved having kids and wouldn't think of localized birth control, and even if they'd forced a hysterectomy on her, it would regenerate in a matter of weeks.
She loved kids and loved having kids and wouldn't think of localized birth control, and even if they'd forced a hysterectomy on her, it would regener.
Five years later, more tumors had necessitated a radical hysterectomy.
To which medical science adds a number of prefixes: appendectomy tonsillectomy mastectomy tubectomy vasectomy testectomy hysterectomy.