Table 1.

Characteristics of studies that reviewed outcomes in women with endometriosis after total or subtotal hysterectomy.

First Author/Year	Sample Size (n)	Type of Surgery	Design	Indication	Main Results
Brunes, M., et al., 2021 [52]	1074 cases of endometriosis, 10,890 cases without endometriosis	Total hysterectomy	Nationwide cohort study	Benign uterine disease	The long-term prescription of analgesics was not reduced after hysterectomy in women with endometriosis.
Sandström, A., et al., 2020 [40]	137	Subtotal (n = 6) and total hysterectomy (n = 131)	Population-based registry study	Endometriosis	Pelvic or lower abdominal pain was reduced by both methods.
Inés Poveda, G., et al., 2016 [53]	22	Total hysterectomy	Retrospective study	Deep endometriosis	All of the variables, especially chronic pelvic pain, improved significantly after surgery.
Yunker, A., et al., 2015 [51]	35 (n = 8 cases of endometriosis)	Subtotal hysterectomy	Retrospective cohort study	Endometriosis and benign indications	Average nerve counts/high-power fields were 17.7 vs. 14.6 in patients with and without endometriosis, respectively.
Berner, E., et al., 2015 [32]	62 (n = 15 cases of endometriosis)	Total (n = 7) and subtotal hysterectomy (n = 8)	Randomized blinded controlled trial	Dysmenorrhea	Reduction of cyclic pelvic pain 12 months after hysterectomy did not differ between groups.
Berner et al., 2014 [44]	105	Subtotal hysterectomy (n = 14)	Prospective observational study	Endometriosis	Cyclic pelvic pain was reduced to a minimum by 12 months and was associated with high patient satisfaction.
Brucker, Sara Y., et al., 2014 [42]	915 (n = 84 cases of endometriosis)	Subtotal (n = 67) and total hysterectomy (n = 17)	Prospective, questionnaire-based follow-up study	Benign uterine disease	There was no significant difference in the occurrence and persistence of postoperative pain.
Lieng, M., et al., 2010 [43]	449 (n = 64 cases of endometriosis)	Subtotal hysterectomy	Retrospective study	Benign condition	The mean pain score was significantly reduced.
Lieng, M., et al., 2008 [31]	240	Subtotal vs. total hysterectomy	Retrospective study	Benign conditions	The data revealed a high level of patient satisfaction with subtotal hysterectomy.
Ghomi, A., et al., 2005 [39]	64 (n = 22 cases of endometriosis)	Subtotal hysterectomy	Prospective	Benign conditions	23% of women with endometriosis reported cyclic bleeding at 15 months after surgery.
Fedele, L., et al., 2005 [54]	38	Total hysterectomy (n = 26)	Descriptive study	Symptomatic recurrences of deep endometriosis	31% of patients reported recurrent pain.
Ford, J., et al., 2004 [41]	60	Total hysterectomy (n = 9)	Cohort study	Rectovaginal endometriosis	Patients achieved a considerably higher cure rate.
Okaro, E. O., et al., 2001 [29]	70 (n = 5 cases of endometriosis)	Subtotal hysterectomy	Retrospective study	Menorrhagia and dysmenorrhea	Symptoms related to the cervical stump were seen in all women with endometriosis.
Kim, K. S., et al., 2001 [55]	1	Total hysterectomy	Case report	Endometriosis	Persistent endometriosis with vaginal and sigmoid–colonic invasion after total hysterectomy.
Nezhat, C. H., et al., 1996 [56]	6	Subtotal hysterectomy	NA	Persistent pelvic pain and endometriosis	Five women had extensive pelvic endometriosis despite subtotal hysterectomy.
Namnoum, A., B. et al., 1995 [57]	138	Total hysterectomy	Historical prospective study	Endometriosis	21% of women had recurrent pain and needed repeat surgery.
Reich, H., et al., 1994 [58]	52	Total hysterectomy	NA	Endometriosis	The majority of women achieved significant to complete relief from pelvic pain postoperatively.

Abbreviations: n: number; N/A: not available.