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  2. Hysterectomy - Wikipedia

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    After hysterectomy for benign indications the majority of patients report improvement in sexual life and pelvic pain. A smaller share of patients report worsening of sexual life and other problems. The picture is significantly different for hysterectomy performed for malignant reasons; the procedure is often more radical with substantial side ...

  3. Obstructed defecation - Wikipedia

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    The condition may severely reduce quality of life, [59] both socially, [50] and psychologically, [35] and also reduce sexual well-being. [33] Symptoms persist for some patients despite conservative treatment, [ 19 ] and dissatisfactory outcomes are frequently reported after surgery.

  4. ICD-10-CM - Wikipedia

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    The ICD-10 Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) is a set of diagnosis codes used in the United States of America. [1] It was developed by a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human services, [ 2 ] as an adaption of the ICD-10 with authorization from the World Health Organization .

  5. Pelvic organ prolapse - Wikipedia

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    In women, the condition usually occurs when the pelvic floor collapses after gynecological cancer treatment, childbirth or heavy lifting. [2] Injury incurred to fascia membranes and other connective structures can result in cystocele, rectocele or both. Treatment can involve dietary and lifestyle changes, physical therapy, or surgery. [3]

  6. Wertheim–Meigs operation - Wikipedia

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    The first radical hysterectomy operation was described by John G. Clark, resident gynecologist under Howard Kelly at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1895. [2] [3] In 1898, Ernst Wertheim, a Viennese physician, developed the radical total hysterectomy with removal of the pelvic lymph nodes and the parametrium. In 1905, he reported the outcomes of ...

  7. Ovarian remnant syndrome - Wikipedia

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    The best available data are from a study describing the frequency and outcome of laparoscopy in women with chronic pelvic pain and/or a pelvic mass who were found to have ovarian remnants. In 119 women who underwent hysterectomy and oophorectomy by laparoscopy, ovarian remnants were known in 5 and were found during surgery in 21 patients (18% ...

  8. ICD-10 Procedure Coding System - Wikipedia

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    The ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) is a US system of medical classification used for procedural coding.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency responsible for maintaining the inpatient procedure code set in the U.S., contracted with 3M Health Information Systems in 1995 to design and then develop a procedure classification system to replace Volume 3 of ICD-9-CM.

  9. Uterine artery embolization - Wikipedia

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    After access to the femoral or radial artery is established through needle puncture, interventional radiologists use image guidance to perform the procedure. The screen in front of the doctors provides a live image of the tools that are being used throughout the procedure as they navigate to the artery that they would like to embolize (block off).