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VIDEO: When to offer hysterectomy in endometriosis


 

EXPERT ANALYSIS FROM THE WORLD CONGRESS ON ENDOMETRIOSIS

– Although hysterectomy will never again be the go-to treatment for endometriosis that it once was, it has become clear in recent years that it still has a role to play.

In a video interview at the World Congress on Endometriosis, Ray Garry, MD, a recently retired professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Western Australia, Perth, explained why – in a limited way – the pendulum is swinging back toward hysterectomy for a select group of women.

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