A hysterectomy is the surgical removal of a woman’s uterus, and the procedure dates back centuries. But the way doctors perform it has changed dramatically over the years. Now with the assistance of robots, surgeons are reporting even higher success rates.

Ajanta Brasauskas has been hiking for the last ten years.

“This is my favorite thing to do,” she said.

But then, life-altering symptoms got in the way.

“I started having heavy bleeding,” Brasauskas explained.

And it was unpredictable.

“If I go for my hikes, I had to bring pads in my bag,” Brasauskas told Ivanhoe.

Dwight D. Im, MD, medical director for The Institute for Gynecologic Care at Mercy Medical Center said it was fibroids, and she needed a hysterectomy.

“Hysterectomy simply means taking out their uterus,” he explained.

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