title: [Ovarian function after total simple hysterectomy].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of this prospective study is to evaluate the ovarian function and its duration after total simple hysterectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  This research was carried out on thirty regularly menstruating patients who underwent simple hysterectomy. Ovarian function has been evaluated by measuring FSH, E2, PP at 6 and 24 months from hysterectomy or from the first observation at the beginning of the study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  None of the patients showed ovarian failure at 6 months. Nine patients (average age: 48,8 years) showed ovarian failure at 24 months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The conclusion is drawn that the cessation of ovarian activity is not influenced by hysterectomy: it rather depends on the age of the patient.
authors: Istituto di Clinica Ostetrica e Ginecologica, Seconda Università degli Studi, Naples, Italy.
authors: E M
authors: EM
authors: Messalli
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Barbieri
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Cobellis
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Panariello
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010053:Ovary / Q000502:physiology*; D011446:Prospective Studies