Imagine you’re a 47-year-old mother of two in Bozeman, juggling work, family and a busy household. After months of dealing with heavy bleeding and chronic pelvic pain, your doctor recommends a hysterectomy.

For many women facing hysterectomy, the prospect of surgery can bring as much anxiety as the symptoms that led them there in the first place – pain, bleeding and the disruption of daily life. The recovery period is often an added concern.

Thanks to a new minimally invasive surgical option now offered at Billings Clinic Bozeman, some appropriate candidates may have an easier path to healing.

The technique, known as vaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (vNOTES), is a modern minimally invasive approach to hysterectomy, and Dr. Jan Hunt, an OB/GYN at Billings Clinic Bo

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