As major abdominal surgery, hysterotomy is performed under general anaesthesia, and is only used in rare situations where less invasive procedures have failed or are medically inadvisable ( such as in the case of placenta accreta ).
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"' Hysterotomy abortion "'is a form of abortion in which the uterus is opened through an abdominal incision and the fetus is removed, similar to a caesarean section, but requiring a smaller incision.
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A : According to the Guinness Book of Records, on July 22, 1971, a Dr . Gennaro Montanino of Rome removed by hysterotomy the fetuses of 10 girls and 5 boys _ quindecaplets _ from the womb of a 35-year-old housewife.
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Endometriosis may spread to the cervix and vagina or to sites of a surgical abdominal incision, known as " scar endometriosis . " Risk factors for scar endometriosis include previous abdominal surgeries, such as a hysterotomy or cesarean section, or ectopic pregnancies, salpingostomy puerperal sterilization, laparoscopy, amniocentesis, appendectomy, episiotomy, vaginal hysterectomies, and hernia repair.
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In 2003, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) reported that 26 % of abortions in the United States were known to have been obtained at less than 6 weeks'gestation, 18 % at 7 weeks, 15 % at 8 weeks, 18 % at 9 through 10 weeks, 9.7 % at 11 through 12 weeks, 6.2 % at 13 through 15 weeks, 4.1 % at 16 through 20 weeks and 1.4 % at more than 21 weeks . 90.9 % of these were classified as having been done by " curettage " ( hysterotomy and hysterectomy ).
