| Abstract: | Aim The goal of this study was to evaluate the effect of total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH) on sexual lives of patients in the postoperative period.Materials and methods Eighty-six patients who accepted to participate a phone-questionnaire were recruited in the study after TAH or TAH + BSO. They were asked about sexual desire, pain during sexual intercourse, frequency and satisfaction of sexual intercourse at pre- and postoperative periods, and loss of  feeling a woman in the postoperative period. Sexual desire, pain during sexual intercourse, loss of feeling a woman questions were answered as yes or no, number of weekly sexual intercourse was recorded, and satisfaction was graded as no = 0, mild = 1 and complete = 2 points.Results While sexual desire and frequency were found to be significantly lower (p=0.026 and p=0.01 respectively), no difference was noted in dyspareunia and satisfaction. When the patients were divided into two groups according to the presence of endogenous or exogenous estrogen, no difference was seen between the two groups in the postoperative period.Conclusion We concluded that the effect of TAH or TAH+BSO operations were mainly on sexual desire and the number of weekly intercourse, and estrogen in the postoperative period did not make any difference between the two groups. |
