What Is the Recovery Time Following a Complete Hysterectomy?
The recovery time for a hysterectomy depends not so much on what organs are removed as on how the surgery is performed. The most common type of hysterectomy is open abdominal surgery. It involves a 3 or 4-day hospital stay and a 6-week recovery. There are several types of less invasive hysterectomies in which patients often leave the hospital in 1 or 2 days and return to work in 2 weeks.
