Ovaries are not removed in radical hysterectomy if not diseased Types of Hysterectomy Type I : Extrafascial Hysterectomy Simple total abdominal hysterectomy with or without bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy Type II: Modified Radical Hysterectomy Removes the medial half of cardinal and uterosacral ligaments Type II differs From Type III by Uterine aery is transected at the level of ureter; Preserving the ureteral branch to the ureter Cardinal ligament is divided close to the midpoion near the ureteral dissection Anterior vesicouterine ligament is divided but posterior vesicouterine ligament is conserved Smaller margin of vagina is removed Type III Removal of most of the uterosacral, cardinal ligaments and upper one-third of the vagina Associated with Pelvic lymphadenectomy Extended Radical Hysterectomy Type IV: Additional structures removed Periureteral tissue Superior vesicle aery Three fouhs of vagina Type V: Poions of distal ureter and bladder are resected Reference: Berek and Novak's Gynecology; 15th edition; Chapter 36