Human_Error
10-04-2003, 01:20 AM
October 3, 2003
WOMEN who are fearful that an impending hysterectomy will affect their libido can draw comfort from a new study which shows that their sex lives are likely to improve enormously after the operation.
Hysterectomy -- the removal of the womb and ovaries -- is commonly thought to affect sexual pleasure because the operation disrupts the nerve supply to the vagina and pubic area and rearranges the pelvic floor.
But the first large-scale study to test whether this assumption is true has found that in fact sexual wellbeing improves after the surgery.
more here (http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,7447552%255E13762,00.html)
WOMEN who are fearful that an impending hysterectomy will affect their libido can draw comfort from a new study which shows that their sex lives are likely to improve enormously after the operation.
Hysterectomy -- the removal of the womb and ovaries -- is commonly thought to affect sexual pleasure because the operation disrupts the nerve supply to the vagina and pubic area and rearranges the pelvic floor.
But the first large-scale study to test whether this assumption is true has found that in fact sexual wellbeing improves after the surgery.
more here (http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,7447552%255E13762,00.html)