Histerectomía: La experiencia de no tener útero para un grupo de mujeres chilenas

Antecedentes: El utero ha sido descrito como un simbolo de femineidad, sexualidad y reproduccion por lo que su extraccion conlleva una serie de significados para la mujer. Objetivo: Describir el significado de la histerectomia para un grupo de mujeres sometidas a esta cirugia. Metodo: Estudio cualitativo realizado en 52 mujeres histerectomizadas. Para la recoleccion de los datos se utilizaron entrevistas en profundidad y grupos focales. Resultados: Se identificaron 6 dimensiones: sintomas previos, alivio de no tener utero, mitos y creencias, significado del utero y de la cirugia, miedo y sexualidad. Considerar a la histerectomia solamente como tratamiento de una enfermedad seria una vision sesgada de la realidad que vive la mujer, y por lo tanto, alejada de las necesidades que ellas y sus parejas tienen. Conclusion: Los profesionales que intervienen a la mujer deben comprender el proceso complejo que significa para ella asumirse como mujer histerectomizada.

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