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Q: Hysterectomy: are ovaries left inside?
asked by: DoctorQuestion on December 11th, 2006
If you have had a hysterctomy is it possible to remove you eggs for a seroget to carry?


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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD
replied on August 8th, 2007
Hysterectomy Answer A1991
A hysterectomy indicates removal of only the uterus. Your ovaries were left inside the abdomen and you can continue ovulating (expelling egg-cells).




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