Gemma G. Kenter

ORCID: 0000-0002-7284-3918 · 5 papers in corpus
observational 2017
Preventive medicine reports ·doi:10.1016/j.pmedr.2017.11.005

In Curaçao, hysterectomies are frequently performed. A common reason for this procedure is the high incidence of leiomyomatosis. However in some cases the cervix is conserved. Following supravaginal hysterectomy most women discontinue cervi…

2013
diagnostic-accuracy 2012
Proteome science ·doi:10.1186/1477-5956-10-45

BACKGROUND: Less than 25% of patients with a pelvic mass who are presented to a gynecologist will eventually be diagnosed with epithelial ovarian cancer. Since there is no reliable test to differentiate between different ovarian tumors, acc…

observational 2007
International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society ·doi:10.1111/j.1525-1438.2007.01046.x

Radical hysterectomy with pelvic lymphadenectomy (RHL) for cervical cancer causes damage to the autonomic nerves, which are responsible for increased vaginal blood flow during sexual arousal. The aim of the study of which we now report prel…

nonrandomized-trial 2004
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology ·doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00104.x

OBJECTIVE: The potential contribution of psychological and anatomical changes to sexual dysfunction following hysterectomy is not clear. Radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer causes surgical damage to the autonomic nerves which are respo…