title: [Comparison of sexual behavior after total or subtotal hysterectomy].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Sexual life after supracervical or total hysterectomy is still controversial.
  
  
  METHODS
  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.
  
  
  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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Total hysterectomy is recommended in benign conditions of uterine because of risk of cancer in the cervical stump after supracervical hysterectomy.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Ginekologii AM w Gdańsku.
authors.forename: Dariusz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wydra
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ciach
authors.forename: Sambor
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sawicki
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wilhelm
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Emerich
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000601:surgery*; D003075:Coitus / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology*; D007989:Libido; D008875:Middle Aged; D009948:Orgasm; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011788:Quality of Life; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D016387:Women's Health