HERS advocates for fully informed medical decisions by women. HERS is the only independent, international, 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to the issue of hysterectomy. 73% of women are castrated during hysterectomy.įACT: The uterus and ovaries function throughout life in women who have not been hysterectomized or castrated.įACT: Armed with information, 98% of women HERS referred to board-certified gynecologists after being told they needed hysterectomies, discovered that, in fact, they did not need hysterectomies.įACT: Gynecologists, hospitals and drug companies make more than $17B dollars a year from the business of hysterectomy and castration. The loss is permanent.įACT: The medical term for the removal of the ovaries is castration. blunting of emotions, personality changes, despondency, irritability, anger, reclusiveness and suicidal thinkingįACT: No drugs or other treatments can replace ovarian or uterine hormones or functions.chronic constipation and digestive disorders.urinary tract infections, frequency, incontinence.displacement of bladder, bowel, and other pelvic organs.bone, joint and muscle pain and immobility.loss of sexual desire, arousal, sensation and uterine orgasm.Among its most common consequences, in addition to operative injuries are: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Wiley FACT: Women report a loss of physical sexual sensation after hysterectomy.įACT: A woman’s vagina is shortened, scarred and dislocated by hysterectomy.įACT: Hysterectomy’s damage is life-long. In this series, maternal survival was 100%. Conclusions Peripartum hysterectomy is a major procedure carrying a high morbidity rate.

Intensive care admission was required in 57.4% of women. The overall surgical complication rate was 44.6% with bladder injury (19.1%) and sepsis (12.8%) commonest. The median estimated blood loss was 7290 mL. A total of 70.2% of cases were performed because of a morbidly adherent placenta, 27.7% for uterine atony and 2.1% for uterine rupture. Forty‐one cases were total hysterectomies, while six were subtotal procedures. Results There were 47 cases of peripartum hysterectomy of 55 262 births giving an incidence of 0. Data regarding maternal demographics, previous obstetric and gynaecological history, indications for hysterectomy, and details of haemorrhage, surgical complications and neonatal outcomes were collected. When the ligaments are severed to remove the uterus, the spine compresses causing the rib cage to gradually fall toward the hip bones and the hip bones to widen. These ligaments are the scaffolding or support structures for the core (midsection). Materials and methods All cases of peripartum hysterectomy between 20 were investigated. Four sets of ligaments hold the uterus in place. Jones, Bryony Zhang, Eko Alzouebi, Aisha Robbins, Tanya Paterson‐Brown, Sara Prior, Tomas Kumar, Saileshīackground We investigated the indications for and maternal and perinatal outcomes following peripartum hysterectomy in a single large tertiary centre. My mom, who was against the idea of me having a hysterectomy at first, eventually came around and supported me in my decision on having the surgery. When I came out of my surgery, I was nauseous, I could barely talk, and I had lost my appetite. Maternal and perinatal outcomes following peripartum hysterectomy from a single tertiary centre Maternal and perinatal outcomes following peripartum hysterectomy from a single tertiary centre On Monday, April 21, 2014, at 1:00 p.m., I had my hysterectomy.

Lost twins and hysterectomy