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Abdominal hysterectomy
Surgical removal of the uterus (a hysterectomy) done through an incision made in the abdominal wall. As opposed to a vaginal hysterectomy in which the incision is made within the vagina
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- Pyoderma gangrenosum An ulcerating condition of the skin leading to hollowed-out areas (ulcers) with heaped-up borders and a…