The Top Reasons Why Women get a Hysterectomy... and it's NOT Cancer!

10 Jul 2023 · 0 min
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YouTube health-education video by Dr. Tabatha Barber (uploaded July 10, 2023) explaining why most hysterectomies in the U.S. are performed for non-cancer reasons. The speaker states there are more than 400,000 hysterectomies annually and that at least 68% are for benign causes, then lists common symptomatic reasons: heavy bleeding, pain, surgical scarring, endometriosis, fibroids, and pelvic organ prolapse.

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