Sexual pleasure improves after hysterectomy, regardless of the surgical technique. Roovers and colleagues (p 774) compared the effects of vaginal hysterectomy, subtotal abdominal hysterectomy, and total abdominal hysterectomy on sexual wellbeing over six months in more than 400 women in the Netherlands. They found that sexual activity did not change after surgery, but general satisfaction about sexuality improved. The authors also report that the three surgical techniques were associated with similar persistence and development of bothersome problems during sexual activity.
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