Abdominal hysterectomy

Abdominal hysterectomy
Surgical removal of the uterus (a hysterectomy) done through an incision made in the abdominal wall. As opposed to a vaginal hysterectomy in which the incision is made within the

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excision of the uterus through an incision in the abdominal wall.

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