Histerectomía
La histerectomía es la remoción quirúrgica del útero, lo cual hace imposible el embarazo. Esta cirugía puede realizarse debido a una variedad de razones, entre las que se pueden mencionar la enfermedad inflamatoria pélvica crónica, los fibroides uterinos y el cáncer. Puede realizarse a través de una incisión abdominal o vaginal.
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Last reviewed 2/26/2012 by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc., and Susan Storck, MD, FACOG, Chief, Eastside Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Bellevue, Washington; Clinical Teaching Faculty, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington School of Medicine.
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