Hysterectomy, vaginal
Removal of the uterus through a surgical incision, not of the abdomen but, within the vagina.
With a vaginal hysterectomy, the scar is not outwardly visible.
A vaginal hysterectomy is in contrast to an abdominal hysterectomy
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