Letter V

Vaginal hysterectomy

Hysterectomy: Removal of the uterus through a surgical incision made within the vagina.

With a vaginal hysterectomy, the scar is not outwardly visible.

A vaginal hysterectomy is as opposed to an abdominal hysterectomy in which the incision is made in the abdominal wall

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