Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
radical hysterectomy Audio
rad·i·cal hys·ter·ec·to·my [ ra-dih-kul his-teh-rek-toh-mee ]
Definitions related to radical hysterectomy:
  • Surgery to remove the uterus, cervix, and part of the vagina. The ovaries, fallopian tubes, and nearby lymph nodes may also be removed.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The surgical removal of the uterus and surrounding structures, including bilateral pelvic lymph nodes, the parametrium, and the upper one-third to one-half of the vagina.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Clark performed the first radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1895. In 1898, Wertheim, a Viennese physician, developed the radical total hysterectomy with removal of the pelvic lymph nodes and the parametrium.
    Medscape
    WebMD, 2019
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