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Author Streicher, Lauren, 1956-

Title The essential guide to hysterectomy : a gynecologist's advice on your choices before, during, and after surgery, including alternatives to hysterectomy / Lauren F. Streicher ; illustrations, Janet Ambercrombie.

Publication Info. New York : M. Evans & Company, [2004]
©2004
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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  618.1453 STREICHER    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  618.1453 STREICHER    Check Shelf
Description xii, 428 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Note Includes index.
Contents Hysterectomy Past and Present -- The History and Politics of Hysterectomy -- Anatomy 101 -- Who Gets a Hysterectomy? Who Absolutely Needs One? -- Uterine Disorders and Alternatives to Hysterectomy -- Fibroids-What, Where, and How -- Nonsurgical Treatment of Fibroids -- Removing Fibroids -- Uterine Prolapse -- Pain and Abnormal Bleeding -- Precancerous Conditions and Cancer -- Surgery and Recovery -- Abdominal Hysterectomy -- Vaginal Hysterectomy and Treatment of Urinary Incontinence -- Laparoscopic Hysterectomy -- Choosing a Surgeon -- Anesthetic Issues -- Preparing for Surgery -- The Day of Surgery -- Recovering from Surgery -- Complications and How to Reduce Your Risk -- Decisions Regarding Surgery -- The Cervix Decision -- The Ovary Decision -- Women at Genetic Risk for Ovarian Cancer -- Time for That Tummy Tuck? Plastic and Associated Procedures -- Life After Hysterectomy -- Exercise and Other Activities -- A Word (or Two) About Hormones -- Sex After Hysterectomy -- Pregnancy After Hysterectomy -- What I Have Learned from My Patients (and Their Husbands).
Subject Hysterectomy -- Popular works.
Patient education.
ISBN 1590770579 cloth
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