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Sexual Functioning After Total Compared With Supracervical Hysterectomy: A Randomized Trial

From the Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, and Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California; University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee; Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan; University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California; University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama.

OBJECTIVE: To compare sexual functioning and health-related quality-of-life outcomes of total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH) and supracervical hysterectomy (SCH) among women with symptomatic uterine leiomyomata or abnormal uterine bleeding refractory to hormonal management.

METHODS: We randomly assigned 135 women scheduled to undergo abdominal hysterectomy in 4 U.S. clinical centers to either a total or supracervical procedure. The primary outcome was sexual functioning at 2 years, as assessed by the Medical Outcomes Study Sexual Problems Scale. Secondary outcomes included specific aspects of sexual functioning and health-related quality-of-life at 6 months and 2 years.

RESULTS: Sexual problems improved dramatically in both randomized groups during the first 6 months and plateaued by 1 year. Health-related quality-of-life scores also improved in both groups. At 2 years, both groups reported few problems with sexual functioning (mean score on the Sexual Problems Scale for SCH group 82, TAH group 80, on a 0-to-100 scale with 100 indicating an absence of problems; difference = +2, 95% confidence interval –8 to + 11), and there were no significant differences between groups.

CONCLUSION: Supracervical and total abdominal hysterectomy result in similar sexual functioning and health-related quality of life during 2 years of follow-up. This information can help guide physicians as they discuss surgical options with their patients.

LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: I

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