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Streicher, Lauren F.

The essential guide to hysterectomy : a gynecologist's advice on your choices before, during, and after surgery, including alternatives to hysterectomy / Lauren F. Streicher. - New York : M. Evans & Co., c2004. - xii, 428 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes index.

Contents
Introduction
Part I: Hysterectomy Past and Present
1 The History and Politics of Hysterectomy
2 Anatomy 101
3 Who Gets a Hysterectomy? Who Absolutely Needs One?
Part II: Uterine Disorders and Alternatives to Hysterectomy
4 Fibroids ? What, Where, and How
5 Non-Surgical Treatment of Fibroids
6 Removing Fibroids
7 Uterine Prolapse
8 Pain and Abnormal Bleeding
9 Pre-Cancerous Conditions and Cancer
Part III: Surgery and Recovery
10 Abdominal Hysterectomy
11 Vaginal Hysterectomy and Treatment of Urinary Incontinence
12 Laparoscopic Hysterectomy
13 Choosing a Surgeon
14 Anesthetic Issues
15 Preparing For Surgery
16 The Day of Surgery
17 Recovering From Surgery
18 Complications and How to Reduce Your Risk
Part IV: Decisions Regarding Surgery
19 The Cervix Decision
20 The Ovary Decision
21 Women at Genetic Risk for Ovarian Cancer
22 Time for that Tummy Tuck? Plastic and Associated Procedures
Part V: Life after Hysterectomy
23 Exercise and Other Activities
24 A Word (Or Two) About Hormones
25 Sex after Hysterectomy
26 Pregnancy after Hysterectomy
27 What I Have Learned from My Patients

ISBN: 1590770579 (cloth) 9781590770573

LCCN: 2004015377

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Hysterectomy--Popular works.
Patient education.

LC Class. No.: WP 468 S818 2004