title: Total versus subtotal hysterectomy: a survey of current views and practice among British gynaecologists.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St George's Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Thakar
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Manyonda
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Clarkson
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stanton