Hysterectomy and sexual function

Journal of the British Menopause Society

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 153-157

  Mokate, Tefo ^a   Wright, Caroline ^a   Mander, Tony ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Counselling; Hysterectomy; Libido; Sexual function; Sexual response

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ANXIETY; BODY IMAGE; DYSPAREUNIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INNERVATION; LIBIDO; ORGASM; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY FUNCTION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL DRYNESS; VASCULARIZATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LIBIDO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUALITY;

EID: 33845900680     PISSN: 13621807     EISSN: 17404568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/136218006779160607     Document Type: Review

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