Sexual function after radical hysterectomy for early-stage cervical cancer: Is there a difference between laparoscopy and laparotomy?

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2516-2522

  Serati, Maurizio ^a   Salvatore, Stefano ^a   Uccella, Stefano ^a   Laterza, Rosa M ^a   Cromi, Antonella ^a   Ghezzi, Fabio ^a   Bolis, Pierfrancesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cervical Cancer; Female Sexual Function; Laparoscopy; Radical Hysterectomy; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LUBRICATION; ORGASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; SURGICAL APPROACH; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUALITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 69949099936     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01363.x     Document Type: Article

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