While Cesarean delivery remains the most common surgical procedure among women of reproductive age, hysterectomy isn’t far behind, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine. The second most common surgery for women of childbearing age, hysterectomy involves the surgical removal of the womb. It can be performed using three different techniques: vaginal, abdominal, and laparoscopic.
According to the National Women’s Health Network, approximately 600,000 hysterectomies are performed each year.
In fact, about “one-third of American women will have had a hysterectomy by the age of 60,” states Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
However, Dr. Jennifer Lang, an obstetrician-gynecologist and gynecological oncologist based in Los Angeles, believes hysterectomies are over-performed….
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