Not Your Mother's Hysterectomy: A Transformation in Women's Health Care

You need a hysterectomy. That's a recommendation no woman wants to hear—but one that 600,000 contend with each year. Hysterectomy is the second most common operation performed on women in the United States, with one in three women undergoing the procedure in their lifetime.

Some women dread the "Big Cut" (a large incision) and the lengthy recovery, so they put off the procedure, possibly to the detriment of their health. Others have the surgery, never really knowing why it was done, what exa...