[Disorders in sexual function following hysterectomy]

The authors aims to examine the sexual function among patients prior to hysterectomy. Four groups were examined: group one--total hysterectomy with bilateral adnexectomy; group two--total hysterectomy without adnexectomy; group three--supracervical hysterectomy with bilateral adnexectomy and group four--supracervical hysterectomy without adnexectomy. A questionnaire aimed at Learning the sexual function and psychologic state of the patients and more importantly the effects of the hysterectomy on then was passed out. From the completed questionnaires we found that the most affected group was the one of total hysterectomy with bilateral adnexectomy. In all respects sexual function is disturbed in this group. Least affected are patients in groups three and four. In some of them we even found a slight increase in sexual function, which is regarded compensatory for eliminating the infertility complex arising from surgery of the most important female organs.