{"id":37135,"date":"2025-07-27T13:52:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T13:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/?post_type=procedure&#038;p=37135"},"modified":"2025-11-04T14:22:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T14:22:58","slug":"hysterectomy","status":"publish","type":"procedure","link":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/procedure\/hysterectomy\/","title":{"rendered":"Hysterectomy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is a Hysterectomy?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus. Approaches include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Abdominal hysterectomy:<\/strong> via a lower abdominal incision.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Vaginal hysterectomy:<\/strong> through the vaginal canal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Laparoscopic\/robotic hysterectomy:<\/strong> using small incisions and camera guidance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>General or regional anesthesia is employed, and surgery may be outpatient or require a short hospital stay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What to expect after a Hysterectomy?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hospital stay of 1\u20133 days for abdominal approach; outpatient for vaginal\/laparoscopic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pain managed with IV and oral medications<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Avoid heavy lifting for 6\u20138 weeks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gradual return to daily activities over 6\u201312 weeks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Physical therapy may be recommended<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":41332,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"specialty":[1135],"class_list":["post-37135","procedure","type-procedure","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","specialty-gynecology"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/procedure\/37135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/procedure"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/procedure"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"specialty","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/specialty?post=37135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}