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*There are almost no quality of life differences between total & subtotal hysterectomy.<ref name=pmid12397189>{{Cite journal | last1 = Thakar | first1 = R. | last2 = Ayers | first2 = S. | last3 = Clarkson | first3 = P. | last4 = Stanton | first4 = S. | last5 = Manyonda | first5 = I. | title = Outcomes after total versus subtotal abdominal hysterectomy. | journal = N Engl J Med | volume = 347 | issue = 17 | pages = 1318-25 | month = Oct | year = 2002 | doi = 10.1056/NEJMoa013336 | PMID = 12397189 }}</ref> | *There are almost no quality of life differences between total & subtotal hysterectomy.<ref name=pmid12397189>{{Cite journal | last1 = Thakar | first1 = R. | last2 = Ayers | first2 = S. | last3 = Clarkson | first3 = P. | last4 = Stanton | first4 = S. | last5 = Manyonda | first5 = I. | title = Outcomes after total versus subtotal abdominal hysterectomy. | journal = N Engl J Med | volume = 347 | issue = 17 | pages = 1318-25 | month = Oct | year = 2002 | doi = 10.1056/NEJMoa013336 | PMID = 12397189 }}</ref> | ||
==Hysterectomy specimens== | |||
Orientation: | |||
*Less peritoneum on anterior (as the [[urinary bladder]] is there). | |||
**'''P'''osterior '''p'''eritoneal edge: '''p'''ointy (upside down triangle). | |||
***Anterior peritoneal edge: rounded/non-pointy. | |||
*Tubes on anterior-lateral aspect.<ref>{{Ref Lester3|425}}</ref> | |||
**Round ligaments posterior to tubes. | |||
=Normal uterine wall= | =Normal uterine wall= | ||