Highlights
- •It is generally the symptoms associated with prolapse (e.g. bladder, bowel and sexual dysfunction) that motivate women to seek medical help.
- •Women with urinary incontinence/pelvic organ prolapse are more likely to restrict sexual activity for fear of incontinence.
- •Because sexual function is so complex, the physical changes consequent to surgery might not address the issues contributing to sexual dysfunction preoperatively.
Abstract
Sexual dysfunction is one of the symptoms that motivates women to seek medical help
in the management of urogenital prolapse. Conservative or surgical interventions may
be offered to treat the prolapse but the question remains as to whether treatment
restores sexual function (SF). This article briefly discusses the assessment of SF
in women with a urogenital prolapse and reviews the effect of therapeutic interventions
on SF.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: July 21, 2016
Accepted:
July 1,
2016
Received in revised form:
June 29,
2016
Received:
May 27,
2016
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