Dr shyamala mukundan recently performed a hysterectomy on a patient at our hospital with menorrhagia (excessive bleeding during periods). The patient had a huge fibroid (enlargement of uterine muscles in to a mass)measuring about 14x13cm. The surgery which takes highly challenging skills took about 4.5 hours to be completed . First myomectomy was performed followed by removal of uterus. The fibroid weighed about 1.3 kg.The patient is recovering in our hospital following the surgery and will be discharged soon .

Fibroid and hysterectomy specimen