myomectomy
noun
myo·mec·to·my
ˌmī-ə-ˈmek-tə-mē 
plural myomectomies
: surgical removal of a myoma or fibroid
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These include the removal of uterine fibroids (myomectomy) and a partial removal of the uterus (partial hysterectomy).
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Jess Sims, Health, 26 Sep. 2024
This can be done as a full surgical procedure (by opening up the abdomen), as a laparoscopic procedure (via small incisions in your abdomen) or as a hysteroscopic myomectomy.
—Macaela MacKenzie, Glamour, 18 July 2023
The type of myomectomy your doctor might recommend is determined primarily on the location, number and size of your fibroids.
—Zahra Spencer, Allure, 19 July 2023
At 26, Glenda underwent a myomectomy to have an 8 lb. tumor removed from her uterus.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2023
But, after a myomectomy, scar tissue can also form on the inside of your body, affecting the functional lining of the uterus.
—Zahra Spencer, Allure, 19 July 2023
By 2020, four years after my myomectomy, my abdomen was full again.
—Anna Holmes, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2023
My doctor explained that the procedure, called a myomectomy, would involve the removal of fibroids and their associated blood vessels while leaving the uterus intact—or, in my case, repairing a uterus that, after fibroid removal, was repeatedly traumatized.
—Anna Holmes, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2023
Jones opted for the myomectomy.
—Devi Shastri, Journal Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2022
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Jess Sims, Health, 26 Sep. 2024
This can be done as a full surgical procedure (by opening up the abdomen), as a laparoscopic procedure (via small incisions in your abdomen) or as a hysteroscopic myomectomy.
—Macaela MacKenzie, Glamour, 18 July 2023
The type of myomectomy your doctor might recommend is determined primarily on the location, number and size of your fibroids.
—Zahra Spencer, Allure, 19 July 2023
At 26, Glenda underwent a myomectomy to have an 8 lb. tumor removed from her uterus.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2023
But, after a myomectomy, scar tissue can also form on the inside of your body, affecting the functional lining of the uterus.
—Zahra Spencer, Allure, 19 July 2023
By 2020, four years after my myomectomy, my abdomen was full again.
—Anna Holmes, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2023
My doctor explained that the procedure, called a myomectomy, would involve the removal of fibroids and their associated blood vessels while leaving the uterus intact—or, in my case, repairing a uterus that, after fibroid removal, was repeatedly traumatized.
—Anna Holmes, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2023
Jones opted for the myomectomy.
—Devi Shastri, Journal Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2022
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myomectomy
noun
myo·mec·to·my
ˌmī-ə-ˈmek-tə-mē
plural myomectomies
: surgical excision of a myoma or fibroid
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