UNBELIEVABLE: Hysterectomy - Caught on Camera

Lena Dunham becomes a mother after welcoming her first child via surrogate

The 40-year-old actress and screenwriter had a hysterectomy when she was 31 because of her long-term battle with endometriosis.

Evening Standard · Sep 16

'You Look Nothing Like I Thought You Would': Lena Dunham's Emotional Words to Baby Girl After Surrogate Birth

Lena Dunham has revealed that her daughter was born via surrogate after years of fertility treatment, severe endometriosis and a hysterectomy, sharing the experience in Vogue.

International Business Times UK · Sep 16

Lena Dunham Faces Furious Backlash After Welcoming First Baby Via Surrogate As Netizens Bring Up Her Past Comments

“Very unusual considering her recent history with abortion."

Bored Panda · Sep 16

Her Kidney Infections Were Blamed on Fibroids and a Hysterectomy Followed, but a Swallowed Toothpick Was the Cause

A woman had a hysterectomy for infections blamed on fibroids. The real cause was a swallowed toothpick that had bored into her kidney.

Medical Daily · Aug 20

Snooki admits hysterectomy recovery has been 'awful'

Snooki star underwent the operation - in which she had her uterus and cervix surgically removed - in July, after being diagnosed with stage one cervical cancer at the beginning of the year.

BANG Premier · Aug 20

Emma Barnett reveals she had a hysterectomy as a result of endometriosis

The BBC Radio 4 host said she had the surgery ‘I never wanted to have’ after her symptoms meant she could ‘barely function’.

Evening Standard · Aug 19

BBC’s Emma Barnett reveals she’s had hysterectomy ‘I never wanted to have’

The presenter had the procedure just two days before her documentary Fighting Endometriosis aired

The Independent UK · Aug 19

A Surgical Sponge Sat in Her Pelvis for 38 Years, and the Real Trouble Started When Surgeons Went to Take It Out

MRI called it a solid ovarian tumor. Surgeons found gauze left behind at a hysterectomy 38 years earlier, and the case got worse from there.

Medical Daily · Aug 17

Her Fibroids Took the Blame for Months of Kidney Infections, but a Toothpick She Never Remembered Swallowing Was Boring into the Organ

A swallowed toothpick tunneled from a woman's duodenum into her kidney, causing infections that survived a hysterectomy and repeated CT scans.

Medical Daily · Aug 14

Lab Labeling Error Allegedly Led to Cancer Misdiagnosis and Unnecessary Hysterectomy

A Georgia lawsuit alleges a laboratory tissue sample mix-up caused a false cancer diagnosis and an unnecessary hysterectomy at age 43.

Medical Daily · Aug 9