hysterectomy
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hysterectomies
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With an average wait of about seven years for complex surgery, which involves several specialities, delayed treatment means some women require a hysterectomy, like Colleen at 41.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Chloe is now waiting for a hysterectomy, which will mean another period away from work.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
On October 26, she had a total hysterectomy - where the womb and cervix are removed - along with the removal of her omentum and appendix during a six-hour operation.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
In 1982, abdominal pain and bleeding forced her to cancel a tour, and in 1984 she had a partial hysterectomy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
But with the Pap smear, doctors could detect precancerous cells and perform a hysterectomy, and cervical cancer would be almost entirely preventable.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
During those years 26 minors had “bottom surgery”—23 hysterectomies and three castrations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Yet the reasons for allegedly elective hysterectomies, no matter how solid, are often met with resistance.
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2025
People who have had hysterectomies, and people with conditions like obesity or Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, which affects collagen and makes tissues stretchier, are at a higher risk.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2024
Some of the most common procedures involving robotics include appendectomies, hysterectomies, and gastric bypasses.
From Science Daily ● May 24, 2024
On the floors above Delivery, in flowerless rooms, women lay recovering from hysterectomies and mastectomies.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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