Sexuality and hysterectomy: finding the right words: responding to patients' concerns about the potential effects of surgery.

Hysterectomy is the second most frequent operation (after cesarean section) performed on adult American women; it's been estimated that one-third of them undergo the procedure by age 60. 1 Patient education often focuses on immediate preand postoperative concerns, with little information given about sexual consequences, despite the fact that the uterus is a sexual organ and plays a role in both arousal and orgasm.

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