TY  - BOOK
AU  - Streicher,Lauren F.
TI  - The essential guide to hysterectomy: a gynecologist's advice on your choices before, during, and after surgery, including alternatives to hysterectomy 
SN  - 1590770579 (cloth)
AV  - WP 468 S818 2004 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New York
PB  - M. Evans & Co.
KW  - Hysterectomy
KW  - Popular works
KW  - Patient education
N1  - 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0419/2004015377.html
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