A hysterectomy — the removal of your uterus — is a major surgical procedure that triggers lasting physical changes. This surgery was traditionally done through an incision in your abdomen.

A hysterectomy is the primary treatment for endometrial cancer. It involves the removal of the uterus and cervix and possibly the ovaries and fallopian tubes, depending on the cancer stage and type.

Nearly a third of women in the United States have a hysterectomy by age 60. Doctors have a developed a new surgical method they say doesn't leave a scar. The most common method for a hysterectomy is ...

Simple hysterectomy may result in little to no difference in the number of deaths from any cause, life expectancy after treatment, deaths from cancer, cancer-free period after treatment, or the rate ...

New evidence adds strength to arguments that doctors should be extremely cautious about using a procedure performed on about 50,000 women a year during surgery to remove the uterus because of the risk ...

As many as 80% of women will have uterine fibroids in their lifetime. Too many of them will undergo a hysterectomy, experts ...