Effect of Hysterectomy vs Medical Treatment on Health-Related Quality of Life and Sexual Functioning

2004140 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Miriam Kuppermann · University of California, San Francisco

R. Edward Varner · University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Robert L. Summitt

Lee A. Learman · University of California, San Francisco

Christine Ireland · University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Eric Vittinghoff · Lear (United States)

Anita L. Stewart · Lear (United States)

Abstract

Among women with abnormal uterine bleeding and dissatisfaction with medroxyprogesterone, hysterectomy was superior to expanded medical treatment for improving health-related quality-of-life after 6 months. With longer follow-up, half the women randomized to medicine elected to undergo hysterectomy, with similar and lasting quality-of-life improvements; those who continued medical treatment also reported some improvements.

Topics & Keywords

Endometriosis Research and Treatment Pelvic floor disorders treatments Uterine Myomas and Treatments

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: JAMA

Volume 291, Issue 12, pp. 1447-1447

DOI: 10.1001/jama.291.12.1447

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 15.29

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