How Surgery Changes Sex: What a Study of Women After Hysterectomy Revealed

Published: 8/1/2026 Source: U.S. National Library of Medicine

Imagine: you have undergone a major surgery, and now your body is different. Questions to yourself, to your partner, to sex. Many women after hysterectomy (removal of the uterus) feel insecure. But how much does this affect real sexual life? Scientists from Iran decided to find out.

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Original material: The relationship between sexual self-concept and sexual function among women who undergone hysterectomy: a cross-sectional study in western Iran. — U.S. National Library of Medicine

How Surgery Changes Sex: What a Study of Women After Hysterectomy Revealed

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