Sexual Function after Surgery for Early-Stage Cervical Cancer: Is There a Difference in It According to the Extent of Surgical Radicality?

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1697-1704

  Song, Taejong ^a   Choi, Chel Hun ^b   Lee, Yoo Young ^b   Kim, Tae Joong ^b   Lee, Jeong Won ^b   Kim, Byoung Gie ^b   Bae, Duk Soo ^b  

^a CHA University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Conization; Radical hysterectomy; Radical trachelectomy; Sexual function; Sexuality; Sexuality and gynecologic cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTION INDEX; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; RADICAL TRACHELECTOMY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUALITY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CONIZATION;

EID: 84861801387     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02723.x     Document Type: Article

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