Table 5 Quality of Life after laparoscopic total hysterectomy (LTH) or laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy (LASH)

From: A critical review of laparoscopic total hysterectomy versus laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy

	Kafy et al. 2009 [17]^a				Nam et al. 2008 [18]^b
	LTH 40		LASH 40		LTH 51		LASH 39
	Before	After	Before	After	Before	After	Before	After
General health	2.2 ± 0.4	1.9 ± 0.4	2.3 ± 0.5	2.1 ± 0.6	NA	NA	NA	NA
General health	P < 0.001	P < 0.005	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Self-image	2.2 ± 0.4	2.1 ± 0.4	2.4 ± 0.5	2.1 ± 0.4	NA	NA	NA	NA
Self-image	P < 0.01	P < 0.006	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Sexual satisfaction	2.5 ± 0.6	2.2 ± 0.5	2.5 ± 0.7	2.3 ± 0.6	1.98	1.9	2.1	1.95
Sexual satisfaction	P < 0.001	P < 0.002	NS	NS	1.98	1.9	2.1	1.95
Dyspareunia	2.4 ± 0.6	1.7 ± 0.5	1.9 ± 0.7	1.6 ± 0.5	2^c	2	4	1
Dyspareunia	P < 0.001	P < 0.002	NA	NA	2^c	2	4	1
Time to intercourse	NA	NA	5.78 ± 1.13	4.92 ± 1.2
Time to intercourse	NA	NA	P < 0.001	4.92 ± 1.2

^aKafy et al.’s scale: 1 very satisfied, 2 satisfied, 3 somewhat satisfied, 4 unsatisfied, 5 very unsatisfied
^bNam et al.’s scale: 1 not satisfied, 2 somewhat, 3 satisfied
^cNumber of patients

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