— ZH, a s3 patient, had been diagnosed with atypical endometrial hyperplasia, a pre-cancerous condition, and it was proposed that she undergo a total laparoscopic hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (TLH BSO). The benefit would be that it would be curative unless ZT already had cancer which had metastasised. The significant burdens included that it would remove entirely even the theoretical possibility that ZT would bear children, and potential psychiatric consequences. The balance was in favour of surgery.
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