hysterectomy
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Felicity Benyon, whose bladder was wrongly removed during an emergency hysterectomy, said one issue stood out for her.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
The most consequential lie was the pregnancy she faked for nearly 10 months even after most of those close to her knew it was a fraud: She’d had a hysterectomy in 2010.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Wondering about a link between emissions from nearby facilities and her own health woes, Nolan moved away after undergoing a hysterectomy, she said.
From Salon ● May 10, 2026
But that wasn't the end of Jessica's ordeal, after a further MRI in February 2023 found the tumour was still there and meant she needed to have a hysterectomy in July 2023.
From BBC ● Jan. 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
Some of the most common procedures involving robotics include appendectomies, hysterectomies, and gastric bypasses.
From Science Daily ● May 24, 2024
An extreme yet common consequence of this financial entrapment is hysterectomies.
From New York Times ● Mar. 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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