title: Vaginal uterine amputation.
abstract: Since sexual dysfunction after hysterectomy might be prevented by leaving the portio in place, a technique was developed to perform vaginal uterine amputation. The method appeared to have been described already 40 years ago but has vanished from textbooks since then.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Slotervaartziekenhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van Enk
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: van Doorn
mesh_terms: D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D014599:Uterus / Q000601:surgery*; D014621:Vagina / Q000601:surgery*