Subtotal versus total abdominal hysterectomy: randomized clinical trial with 14-year questionnaire follow-up - 31/05/15
, Bent Ottesen, MD, DMSc b, Lars Mikael Alling Møller, MD, PhD e, Christian Gluud, MD, DMSc d, Ann Tabor, MD, DMSc c, Vibeke Zobbe, MD c, Elise Hoffmann, MD e, Helga Margrethe Gimbel, MD, DMSc afor the
Danish Hysterectomy Trial Group
Abstract |
Objective |
The objective of the study was to compare long-term results of subtotal vs total abdominal hysterectomy for benign uterine diseases 14 years after hysterectomy, with urinary incontinence as the primary outcome measure.
Study Design |
This was a long-term follow-up of a multicenter, randomized clinical trial without blinding. Eleven gynecological departments in Denmark contributed participants to the trial. Women referred for benign uterine diseases who did not have contraindications to subtotal abdominal hysterectomy were randomized to subtotal (n = 161) vs total (n = 158) abdominal hysterectomy. All women enrolled in the trial from 1996 to 2000 who were still alive and living in Denmark (n = 304) were invited to answer the validated questionnaire used in prior 1 and 5 year follow-ups. Hospital contacts possibly related to hysterectomy from 5 to 14 years postoperatively were registered from discharge summaries from all public hospitals in Denmark. The results were analyzed as intention to treat and per protocol. Possible bias caused by missing data was handled by multiple imputation. The primary outcome was urinary incontinence; the secondary outcomes were pelvic organ prolapse, constipation, pain, sexuality, quality of life (Short Form-36 questionnaire), hospital contacts, and vaginal bleeding.
Results |
The questionnaire was answered by 197 of 304 women (64.8%) (subtotal hysterectomy [n = 97] [63.4%]; total hysterectomy [n = 100] [66.2%]). Mean follow-up time was 14 years and mean age at follow-up was 60.1 years. After subtotal abdominal hysterectomy, 32 of 97 women (33%) complained of urinary incontinence compared with 20 of 100 women (20%) after total abdominal hysterectomy 14 years after hysterectomy (relative risk, 1.67; 95% confidence interval, 1.02–2.70; P = .035). After a multiple imputation analysis, this difference disappeared (relative risk, 1.36; 95% confidence interval, 0.86–2.13; P = .19). No differences were seen in any of the secondary outcomes.
Conclusion |
Subtotal abdominal hysterectomy was not superior to total abdominal hysterectomy on any outcomes. More women seem to have subjective urinary incontinence 14 years after subtotal abdominal hysterectomy. This result was not confirmed by multiple imputation analysis and should be interpreted cautiously.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Key words : hysterectomy, long-term follow-up, pelvic organ prolapse, quality of life, urinary incontinence
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| This long-term follow-up study was supported by the research foundation of Region Sjælland, University of Southern Denmark, and the Department of Gynecology, Nykøbing Falster Hospital, Rigshospitalet (Copenhagen University Hospital), and Roskilde Hospital, Denmark. |
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| B.O. and H.M.G. are members of the board of the Danish Hysterectomy and Hysteroscopy Database. The other authors report no conflict of interest. |
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| Cite this article as: Andersen LL, Ottesen B, Alling Møller LM, et al. Subtotal versus total abdominal hysterectomy: randomized clinical trial with 14-year questionnaire follow-up. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2015;212:758.e1-54. |
Vol 212 - N° 6
P. 758.e1-758.e54 - juin 2015 Retour au numéro
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