Long-Term Outcome Following Laparoscopic Supracervical Hysterectomy Performed With and Without Excision of the Endocervix in a Reverse Cone Pattern

Exclusion Criteria

• •Women who are unable to communicate in written Norwegian or oral English language.
• •Woman with a previous history of cervical dysplasia, with cellular changes suggestive of dysplasia in preoperative smear or wtih atypical hyperplasia og malignancy in preoperative endometrial biopsy
• •Women who after a thorough clinical evaluation are found to be more suited for vaginal, abdominal or total hysterectomy
• •Women with a coexisting condition requiring no remaining ovaries after the procedure
• •Postmenopausal women
• •Women using hormone therapy (HT)