[Comparison of sexual behavior after total or subtotal hysterectomy].

OBJECTIVES

Sexual life after supracervical or total hysterectomy is still controversial.

DESIGN

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.

MATERIAL AND

METHODS

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.

RESULTS

There was no statistical difference between those groups comparing: sexual desire, dyspareunia, frequency of sexual relation, orgasm, vaginal dryness after operation.

CONCLUSION

Total hysterectomy is recommended in benign conditions of uterine because of risk of cancer in the cervical stump after supracervical hysterectomy.