Types of Hysterectomy Surgery

All hysterectomies involve removal of the uterus, but the type of method used generally depends upon the problem being treated: 

In partial or supracervical hysterectomy, the higher part of the uterus is removed, leaving the cervix intact.
Total or even complete hysterectomy is made of the elimination of both the uterus as well as the cervix. This is the best known type of hysterectomy done.
Hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy is the removal of the uterus, cervix, fallopian tubes, and ovaries. 

Radical hysterectomy is an extensive surgical technique in which the uterus, cervix, ovaries, fallopian tubes, upper vagina, some surrounding tissue, and lymph nodes are removed.

Hysterectomy Surgical Treatments

Traditionally, hysterectomies have been carried out by using a procedure well-known as total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH). However, in recent times, 2 less-invasive methods have been created: vaginal hysterectomy and also laparoscopic hysterectomy.

In a total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH), the surgeon makes an incision approximately 5 ins long in the stomach wall, cutting though skin and connective tissue to get to the uterus. The cut can be either vertical3running from just under the navel to just above the pubic bone, or horizontal—running across the top of the public bone (called a bikini-line incision).

One benefit of total abdominal hysterectomy is that the surgeon can get a total, unobstructed look at the uterus and surrounding places. There is more room in which to make the surgery. This kind of operation is mainly helpful if there are large fibroids or in case of cancer is suspected. Drawbacks can include more pain and a longer recovery time than various other surgeries, and a bigger scar.

A vaginal hysterectomy is performed through a tiny incision near the top of the vagina. Through the incision, the uterus (and cervix, if necessary) is separated or divorced from its connecting tissue and blood supply and removed through the vagina. If the cervix is not being removed, the incision is created around the cervix, which is then reattached when the procedure is over.

This surgery is often used for problems just like uterine prolapse. However, the surgeon has less room in which to manage and is unable to notice some other internal organs in the pelvic area. Vaginal hysterectomy heals quicker than abdominal hysterectomy, results in less pain, and in general does not cause external scarring.

In laparoscopic hysterectomy, special surgical equipment is used to conduct through tiny incisions in the stomach as well as vagina. There are 2 different types of laparoscopic hysterectomy: laparoscopically helped vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH) and laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy (LSH).

LAVH is similar to vaginal hysterectomy, and the uterus and cervix are removed through an incision near the top of the vagina; but, the surgeon also uses a laparoscope (small camera) inserted into the stomach to check the uterus and surrounding internal organs. Other laparoscopic tools are put into stomach incisions to detach the uterus before removing it.

LSH is conducted completely through tiny abdominal incisions, using laparoscopic equipment to remove just the uterus. Because the cervix is not removed, the uterus is detached and removed in compact pieces through the incisions. No incision was created at the top of the vagina.

Both types of laparoscopic hysterectomy make less pain and have quicker recovery times as compared to TAH as well as create small scarring.

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