HYSTERECTOMY, VAGINAL


Meaning of HYSTERECTOMY, VAGINAL in English

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.

English dictionary of medicine.      Английский словарь медицины.