For women that must endure severe pelvic pain due to endometriosis, it can be so bad that quality of life and mere existence can be pure misery.  For many women suffering from endometriosis a radical hysterectomy is the only way to experience relief of the pain and agony.  A hysterectomy is the surgical removal of all the organs of the female reproductive system.

A radical hysterectomy removes the ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus and cervix and is done to solve chronic pain from endometriosis.  Choosing an endometriosis hysterectomy is a difficult choice and can render a woman infertile and kick start premature menopause in younger women.  Removing the uterus only and leaving other reproductive organs does not change monthly hormone fluctuations that cause bleeding and may not improve the more severe symptoms of endometriosis however. (more…)