Hysterectomy rate could be reduced
PA Wellington Development of a new hormonal treatment may] soon help reduce New Zealand’s high rate of hysterectomies, the Congress of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has been told. New Zealand has the second-highest hysterectomy rate in the world after the United States, and it is believed to be the second most common surgery performed in the Western world today.
Professor David Baird, of the University of Edin- i burgh’s obstetric and gynaecology department, talked about us; of the; drug to control bleeding problems which previously had been ; ble to be satisfactorily treated only by hysterectomy... j The treatment, ; which involved implantingia synthetically produ :edi brain hormone into a woman’s body, was now available .■ in Britain and was■ likely to be introduced before
long in New Zealand. The hormone was called GnRH. Dr Baird said that most women at some time in their lives had menstrual problems and after seeking medical help a hysterectomy was often performed. It was now possible to help menstrual problems by manipulating the activity of the ovaries, the glands which controlled how much bleeding occured from, the uterus. I
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