NCT02166749

Clinical Follow up After Subtotal and Total Hysterectomy

Ultra Long-term Follow-up of the Outcome After Subtotal Versus Total Abdominal Hysterectomy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 212 (actual)
• Sponsor: Turku University Hospital · Other Government
• Sex: Female
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study was to find out subjective and objective outcomes of patients undergoing subtotal or total abdominal hysterectomy during a follow up of a mean 33 years after the operation. The hypothesis is that there are similar outcomes after both types of operations.

Detailed description

Objective: To evaluate ultra long-term follow-up after subtotal and total hysterectomy in patients operated on during 1978-1979 in Turku University Hospital, Finland. Methods: From the original cohort of 212 patients 193 were sent a postal questionnaire in 1997 to find out possible symptoms related to hysterectomy. Again in 2011 a questionnaire based evaluation with a possibility of a clinical visit to study hospital was done for 153 patients. In the first evaluation a self-made questionnaire and in the second evaluation validated questionnaires were used. During a follow-up visit a clinical examination using also POP-Q-system was done. Additionally, hospital records of the patients were reviewed to find out subsequent operations after hysterectomy.

Conditions

• Abdominal Hysterectomy (& Wertheim)

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Subtotal abdominal hysterectomy	Comparison of women undergoing subtotal abdominal hysterectomy (n=107) and women with total abdominal hysterectomy (n=105) a mean of 33 years ago.

Timeline

• Start date: 1997-03-01
• Primary completion: 2011-10-01
• Completion: 2011-12-01
• First posted: 2014-06-18
• Last updated: 2014-06-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Finland