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Hysterectomy - series

Normal anatomy
Indications
Procedure
Aftercare

Normal anatomy:

The uterus is joined at the cervix to the vagina and by the fallopian or uterine tubes to the ovaries.

Reviewed last on: 8/31/2007
Harvey Simon, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital.

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