What are alternative surgeries for uterine prolapse?
Most of the time what that involves is strengthening the ligaments, which form a support structure that holds the uterus up. Sometimes it involves using a graft or artificial tissue to attach to the uterus back up to the backbone. Aside from maintaining fertility, what are the benefits of keeping the uterus? There are three reasons to maintain the uterus. One is certainly just personal choice. As I said, some people strongly prefer to maintain their organs if at all possible. I think that needs to be respected if there is no life-threatening cause for hysterectomy. The other two reasons are really not scientific but are certainly being discussed. I think we will have studies on them in the future. One is a theory that doing a hysterectomy may increase a woman’s risk of developing vaginal prolapse in the future; that detaching the uterus from the supporting ligament, and removing the cervix, may increase her risk of vaginal prolapse. The last reason, which has been discussed in the lay
