title: [Total or subtotal hysterectomy?].
abstract: We compared the risk and benefits subtotal (supracervical) hysterectomy and total hysterectomy in women with nonmalignant conditions (perioperative mortality, intra- and postoperative complications, quality of life, long-term effects on other diseases). The main disadvantage of subtotal hysterectomy over total one is the fact, that in 1 per 1000 women develops carcinoma in cervical stump.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Total hysterectomy is recommended in benign conditions of the uterine corpus.
authors.affiliation: Katedry Onkologii AM im. K. Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Markowska
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Markowska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*