Comparison of sexual behavior after total or subtotal hysterectomy
Wydra, D.; Ciach, K.; Sawicki, S.; Wilhelm, J.; Emerich, J.
Ginekologia Polska 75(4): 274-280
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 0017-0011 PMID: 15181865 Document Number: 571225
Sexual life after supracervical or total hysterectomy is still controversial. The aim of study was to compare the impact of hysterectomy on frequency and quality of a woman's sexual life in women after supracervical vs total hysterectomy with nonmalignant conditions. A total of 539 women after total hysterectomy performed in Department of Gynecology in Gdansk and 65 women after supracervical hysterectomy operated in the hospital in Kartuzy in 1990-2000 were interviewed about symptoms as well as advantages and disadvantages after hysterectomy. There was no statistical difference between those groups comparing: sexual desire, dyspareunia, frequency of sexual relation, orgasm, vaginal dryness after operation. Total hysterectomy is recommended in benign conditions of uterine because of risk of cancer in the cervical stump after supracervical hysterectomy.