Total versus subtotal hysterectomy: a survey of current views and practice among British gynaecologists.
This paper reports the results of a postal questionnaire, with a response rate of 61 per cent. It is clear from the results that subtotal hysterectomy is an unpopular operation in the United Kingdom. Although a majority of consultants felt that subtotal hysterectomy was less likely to affect urinary, bowel and sexual function, this did not seem to affect decision making. Seventy-eight per cent of female gynaecologists would prefer a total hysterectomy for themselves rather than a subtotal procedure.
Thakar
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St George's Hospital, London, UK.
Manyonda
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Robinson
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Clarkson
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Stanton
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