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Laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy: a procedure whose time has come.(The Master Class)
Captivated by the promise of cutting-edge technology and ever-more-complex techniques, we sometimes become so enamored with what is new that we fail to appreciate the old and abandon techniques or principles that could still serve our patients well. This may be the case with hysterectomy, one of the most common operations performed in the United States each year.
In its infancy more than 100 years ago, subtotal or supracervical hysterectomy was the norm, performed to relieve catastrophic uterine bleeding and/or massive tumors of the uterus, most of them leiomyomas. Morbidity and mortality were high in those early surgical wards, but advatices in anesthesia and ...
- Pro & Con: is supracervical hysterectomy a reasonable option for most women?...
- Magazine article from: OB GYN News November 15, 2001 700+ words
...should do. Cervical cancer is not as...we offer supracervical hysterectomy to patients...for having cervical cancer or a precancerous...Baltimore. NO Supracervical hysterectomy was the norm...to abandon supracervical hysterectomy. We don...concern was ...
- Supracervical hysterectomy is associated with urinary symptoms.
- Newspaper article from: Health & Medicine Week July 19, 2004 700+ words
...hysterectomy, supracervical hysterectomy is associated with...did vaginal or supracervical hysterectomy," they said...scheduled for a supracervical hysterectomy had preoperatively...
- Life, sex seen no better after supracervical hysterectomy.(Women's Health)
- Magazine article from: Internal Medicine News Boschert, Sherry September 1, 2005 700+ words
...MIRAGE, CALIF. -- Supracervical hysterectomy did not leave women...randomization, women in the supracervical hysterectomy group had higher...groups--82 in the supracervical hysterectomy group, and 80 in...
- Cervical Cancer Awareness Survey Results Released.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 4, 2001 700+ words
...More Women Understand Link Between HPV and Cervical Cancer Internet Education Campaign Launched During Cervical Cancer Month WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- In commemoration of Cervical Cancer Month, the National Cervical Cancer Public...
- Cervical Cancer; Facts to Know.
- Newspaper article from: NWHRC Health Center - Cervical Cancer March 16, 2005 700+ words
...estimated 10,520 cases of invasive cervical cancer are expected to occur in the U.S...African-American women die from cervical cancer as Caucasian women. Hispanic and...the disease than Caucasian women. Cervical cancer rates also are rising among Vietnamese...
- Cervical cancer: putting prevention into practice.(Clinical report)
- Magazine article from: Townsend Letter Krueger, Cindy A. April 1, 2009 700+ words
Worldwide, cervical cancer ranks fifth for cancer mortality...US will have been diagnosed with cervical cancer, and nearly 4,000 will die from it. (2) Estimated new cases of cervical cancer in 2008 are 11,070 and deaths 3...
- Cervical Cancer; Prevention.
- Newspaper article from: NWHRC Health Center - Cervical Cancer March 16, 2005 700+ words
...tests is the best way of preventing cervical cancer from developing. Reducing or eliminating...associated with the development of cervical cancer can also help prevent it: * Don...genital area. To prevent invasive cervical cancer, the American Cancer Society (ACS...
- CERVICAL CANCER: UNCOVERED
- Newspaper article from: New Nation Cotton, Nzinga March 31, 2008 700+ words
...needn't be - if you know the facts Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer found...around 3,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year and it causes around 1...to cause seven out of 10 cases of cervical cancer, may have a lower cervical cancer...
