Sunday, August 30, 2009
Total Abdominal Hysterectomy Incisions
Total abdominal hysterectomy refers to the complete removal of the uterus. The surgical site is accessed via an incision on the abdominal wall. The fallopian tubes (oviducts), ovaries, and adjacent structures are not included with the removal. The type of incision for abdominal access of current surgical use are: infraumbilical vertical median incision, paramedian vertical incision, or the Pfannensteil incision. The traditional infraumbilical vertical median incision, is an vertical incision running below the umbilicus towards and near the margin of pubic hair. The main advantages of this technique are: it has the least time needed to perform the procedure and it provides the most convenient access to the surgical site but offers lesser aesthetic value when the skin incision heals. The Pfanensteil incision is a slightly curved incision along the top margin of the pubic hair line. It is sometimes referred as, the "bikini cut." Although this technique is cumbersome for the surgeon due to limitations in accessing the surgical site, this is preferred by most patients because of faster healing and least formation of a incision scar.
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Hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus, a reproductive, sexual, hormone responsive organ that supports the bladder and bowel. Whether the surgery is performed abdominally, vaginally, hands-on laparoscopically or laparoscopically by a gynecologist controlled robot, a hormone responsive sex organ is removed, the vagina is shortened, and there is a loss of support to the bladder and bowel. Women who experienced uterine orgasm before the surgery will not experience it after the uterus is removed.
ReplyDeleteWhen the uterus is removed women have three times greater incidence of cardiovascular disease than women with an intact uterus. When the ovaries are removed the incidence seven times greater.
There are 22 million women in the United States whose female organs have been surgically removed. Most hysterectomies are elective. Girls and women are not educated about the functions of female organs and they are not informed about the adverse effects of hysterectomy that have been well documented in medical literature for over a century.
Read the new book THE H WORD, and find out what the medical literature documents about the well-known consequences, and what women report about the effects of hysterectomy on their bodies, their health and their lives, and read the Adverse Effects Data at http://www.hersfoundation.org.