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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777586403321

Autore

Wallach Edward E. <1933->

Titolo

Hysterectomy : exploring your options / / Edward E. Wallach, Esther Eisenberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2003

ISBN

0-8018-8150-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (x, 204 pages) : illustrations

Collana

A Johns Hopkins Press health book

Altri autori (Persone)

EisenbergEsther <1952->

Disciplina

618.1/453

Soggetti

Hysterectomy

Consumer education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface  Who We Are and Why We Wrote This Book; Acknowledgments; Introduction  What is Hysterectomy and What Is the Debate?; Part I   About the Female Reproductive Organs; Chapter 1  Anatomy of the Uterus; Chapter 2  Looking at the Uterus; Part II  What Can Go Wrong?; Chapter 3  Uterine Fibroids; Chapter 4  Endometriosis; Chapter 5  Uterine Prolapse and Related Problems; Chapter 6  Abnormal Uterine Bleeding; Chapter 7  Pelvic Pain, Infection, and Adhesions; Chapter 8  Cancer; Part III  Surgery; Chapter 9  What You Need to Know to Prepare for a Hysterectomy

Chapter 10  What Happens in the Hospital; Chapter 11  What Kind of Hysterectomy Should You Have?; Part IV  After Hysterectomy; Chapter 12  Sexual and Reproductive Issues; Chapter 13  Hormone Replacement Therapy; Conclusion; Index