The usual stay in the hospital after an abdominal hysterectomy is 3 days.

On average, a woman spends more than three days in the hospital following an abdominal hysterectomy.

In older women, treatment is total abdominal hysterectomy and removal of both ovaries.

A large incision made in the lower abdomen (abdominal hysterectomy).

An abdominal hysterectomy will leave a scar (usually 5 inches) on the abdomen.

In 1898, Wertheim performed the first radical abdominal hysterectomy for cervical cancer.

An abdominal hysterectomy is an open surgery.

A vaginal hysterectomy may be possible, which would avoid an abdominal hysterectomy.

Total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy with adjuvant radiation therapy or chemotherapy.

Abdominal hysterectomy: The surgical removal of the uterus through an incision in the abdomen.

If the uterus and cervix are taken out through a large incision (cut) in the abdomen, the operation is called a total abdominal hysterectomy.

For patients with stage II dysgerminoma, total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy are usually performed.

Surgery (total abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, and lymphadenectomy).

A total abdominal hysterectomy (surgical removal of the uterus) with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy is the most common therapeutic approach.

Surgery is the mainstay of therapy if feasible involving total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy.

Abdominal hysterectomy.

Patients may be treated with unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy or total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy.

Total abdominal hysterectomy, unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, and omentectomy.

It is the incision of choice for Cesarean section and for abdominal hysterectomy for benign disease.

To perform an abdominal hysterectomy, a surgeon makes a 5 to 7 inch incision, either up-and-down or side-to-side, across the belly.

Total abdominal hysterectomy: A surgical procedure to remove the uterus and cervix through a large incision (cut) in the abdomen.

Abdominal hysterectomy is recommended over vaginal hysterectomy.

We used similar approaches to obtain the biopsy during reconstructive surgery (symptomatic patients) and abdominal hysterectomy (asymptomatic controls).

During abdominal hysterectomy, the urinary bladder was pushed down to reach the space of Retzius by incision right behind the pubic bone.

When done by an experienced surgeon, laparoscopic hysterectomy may have a quicker recovery and fewer complications than abdominal hysterectomy.