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Do you really need surgery? : a sensible guide to hysterectomy and other procedures for women / Michele C. Moore, Caroline M. de Costa.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moore, Michele.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Generative organs, Female--Surgery--Popular works.
- Generative organs, Female.
- Gynecology--Popular works.
- Gynecology.
- Women--Health and hygiene.
- Women.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 171 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A user-friendly guide to gynaecologic surgery. The authors' guiding principle is that each woman for whom any kind of surgery is recommended should be well-informed about the indications, the risks and the expected results. Only with such knowledge can a woman make a sensible decision for herself.
- Contents:
- Your anatomy: where things are
- Your physiology : how things work
- What goes wrong : some common gynecologic diseases and problems
- What goes wrong : cancers
- Reaching a diagnosis: what to expect
- Non-surgical treatment of gyn problems
- Surgical treatment: "traditional" or open procedures
- Traditional hysterectomy: what to expect
- Traditional surgery: the risks
- After the surgery
- Other gynecologic surgery and treatments
- Laparoscopic surgery
- Risks of laparoscopy
- Laparoscopic surgery: how will you feel?
- Surgical choices
- Other 'Endoscopic' Surgery
- Tips to Help Make a Sensible Decision.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-166) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8135-5596-5
- 0-8135-3649-9
- OCLC:
- 57056167
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