HYSTERECTOMY – INTRODUCTION
The operation which women most fear is removal of the breast.
This is only done for cancer and the fear of that disease is added to the feeling of disfigurement and loss of femininity.
Hysterectomy, or removal of the womb, on the other hand is usually done for non-cancerous conditions. Yet this operation is often misunderstood by women and as a result leads to many problems which are mainly preventable.
The uterus or womb is an organ, shaped like a pear and about the size of a golf ball. It lies low in the pelvis and can’t be felt through the abdomen unless it is enlarged. The neck of the womb, or cervix, projects into the top of the vagina.
From either side of the uterus come the Fallopian tubes and the outer open ends of these lie over the ovaries. The womb is held in place by ligaments.
The inside of the womb is hollow and lined by tissue called the endometrium.
During a woman’s reproductive life, this tissue is acted on by the hormones, oestrogen and proger-sterone, which are produced by the ovaries.
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