Hysterectomy WisdomCard™

Our Guides and Physician Review team have organized the Top 10 Health Resources on Hysterectomy and compiled helpful research notes below.

Research Notes on Hysterectomy

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What is a Hysterectomy?

• Medem: Hysterectomy
• MedicineNet.com: What is a Hysterectomy?
• Aetna InteliHealth: What is a Hysterectomy?
• HealthyWomen.org: Hysterectomy
• Wikipedia: Hysterectomy

Why Are Hysterectomies Performed?

• MedicineNet.com: Why is a Hysterectomy Performed?
• Wikipedia: Hysterectomy Indications
• WomensHealth.gov: Why do Women have Hysterectomies?
• Estronaut: Reasons for a Hysterectomy
• NHS Direct: Hysterectomy: Why is it Necessary?
• Yale-New Haven Hosptial: Why a Hysterectomy?

What Are The Types of Hysterectomies?

• Ethicon: Hysterectomy Types
• About.com: What are the Types of Hysterectomies?
• Your Guide To Uterine Health: Types of Hysterectomy
• WebMD: Hysterectomy Types
• MSN Health & Fitness: Hysterectomy Types

What Are The Risks and Precautions for Hysterectomy?

• NHS Direct: Hysterectomy Complications
• Yale-New Haven Hospital: Frequently Asked Questions About Having a Hysterectomy
• WomensHealth.gov: Are There Any Risks?
• About.com: What Are the Side Effects of a Hysterectomy?
• NY State Department of Health: Benefits & Risks, Including Physical & Emotional Effects

What Is The Recovery Time For A Hysterectomy?

• WebMD: Hysterectomy Recovery
• HysterSisters: Hysterectomy Post-Op
• About.com: Your Body After a Hysterectomy
• Women's Health: Hysterectomy - After the Surgery
• The Hysterectomy Association: Recovery After Hysterectomy

What are the Alternatives to Hysterectomy?

• Discovery Health: Women: You Have Alternatives to Hysterectomy
• The Clevland Clinic: Alternatives to a Hysterectomy
• WomensHealth.gov: Do Other Options Exist?
• MedicineNet.com: What Are the Alternatives to a Hysterectomy?
• About.com: Hysterectomy Alternatives
• US Food and Drug Administration: Alternatives to a Hysterectomy

What are the Holistic Alternatives to Hysterectomy?

• Alive: Considering a Hysterectomy?
• Acupuncture.com: Help for Women with Fibroids

Wisdom, Personal Experiences and Blogs about Hysterectomy

• HysterSisters: Members Hysterectomy Journals
• Live Journal: Journal Entries on Hysterectomies
• BC Culture: Sex After A Hysterectomy
• The Washington Post: Not Her Mother's Hysterectomy
• Hysterectomy - The Experts Speak Out: Hysterectomy Blog

Clinical Trials for Hysterectomy

• CenterWatch: Hysterectomy Trial Search
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Hysterectomy Trial Search

Message Boards, Chat and Discussions about Hysterectomy

• Mayo Clinic: Pap smear: Still Necessary After Hysterectomy?
• OBGYN.net: Discussion on Hysterectomies with Dr. Indman
• The Hysterectomy Association: Alternatives to a Hysterectomy Forum
• HysterSisters: Hysterectomy Forum
• Daily Strength: Hysterectomy Support Community

Controversy and Lawsuits about Hysterectomy

• The Independent: An Unkind Cut (2007)
• UseNet: Hysterectomy Lawsuits
• LawyersandSettlements.com: Panacryl Sutures Lawsuit
• Sex, Lies, and Uterine Fibroids: Hysterectomy Lawsuit Cases
• CBS News: Lawsuit: Hysterectomy Unnecessary
• MotherNature.com: Hysterectomy: Controversy and Confusion
• ABC News: Are Most Hysterectomies Unnecessary?

Statistics of Hysterectomy

• National Uterine Fibroid Foundation: Hysterectomy Statistics
• Wrong Diagnosis: Hysterectomy Statistics
• Center for Disease Control & Prevention: Hysterectomy Stats 1980-1993 | 1994-1999

Images and Videos of Hysterectomies

• WebMD: Laparoscopic Hysterectomy (Time: 1:33)
• MedlinePlus: Hysterectomy Interactive Tutorial
• ORLive: Robotic Assited Hysterectomy (Time: 59:57)
• ORLive: Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy Using Electrosurgery (Time: 1:16:55)
• YouTube: Advanced Technique for Minimally Invasive Hysterectomy (Time: 55:17)
• Google Image Search: Hysterectomy

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