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Hysterectomy is the most commonly performed major gynecologic surgery in the United States. Over 400,000 hysterectomies are performed annually in the United States and it is estimated that 1 in 3 women will have had a hysterectomy by age 60 years. Of the benign hysterectomies performed in the United States,

BellaNaija recognizes that in Nigeria and many other countries, medical conditions which affect women are under researched and there is so much misinformation out there. That is why they decided to media partner with South Shore Women’s Clinic for their conference focused on Advances in the Treatment of Uterine Fibroid in

The Wall Street Journal published an article yesterday discussing alternatives to surgery for women who need their fibroid disease treated. Fibroids have traditionally been treated with hysterectomy, or sometimes with laparoscopic myomectomy (fibroid removal). However, in the last several months, women have been unable to have laparoscopic surgery due to