Vaginal hysterectomy

Vaginal hysterectomy
Removal of the uterus through a surgical incision made within the vagina. With a vaginal hysterectomy, the scar is not outwardly visible. A vaginal hysterectomy is as opposed to an abdominal

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vaginal hysterectomy n a hysterectomy performed through the vagina

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excision of the uterus through the vagina.

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