Sexual life following total abdominal hysterectomy

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 271, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 218-221

  Kuscu, N Kemal ^a   Oruc, Semra ^a   Ceylan, Evren ^a   Eskicioglu, Fatma ^a   Goker, Asli ^a   Caglar, Husnu ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abdominal hysterectomy; Estrogen; Sexual intercourse

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIBIDO; LIBIDO DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUALITY;

EID: 17644423103     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-004-0611-4     Document Type: Article

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