(131) Sexual Activity After Pelvic Surgery

Abstract Introduction Around 50%-70% of all women, at any moment their lives, will undergo pelvic surgery such as abdominal and vaginal hysterectomies, laparoscopic or robotic-assisted exploratory laparotomies for multiple reasons. These reasons include; endometriosis, chronic pain, adhesions secondary to inflammatory disease, infected perforated IUDs, previous surgeries, abscesses cysts, peritonitis, genital prolapses cystoceles, rectoceles, uterine prolapse in patients with urinary fecal incontinence, total procidentia. The general public knowledge, distorted sexual education curriculum, the influence this inappropriate (produced by religions cultures) affect medical practice investigations scientific levels. influences have expanded beliefs that activity is deteriorated these kinds procedures. Few American publications many Asian report frank deterioration response women who had surgeries. Objective To show how a very high percentage an improvement after Methods This investigation analyzed postoperative function hundreds our two centers which procedures previously named were practiced. Results We found activity, not only but also couples more than 95% cases. pre post-procedure evaluations done. Conclusions Contradictory what several studies shown regarding surgeries produced we demonstrated opposite. cases, was improved. included repairing procidentia, cystocele, rectocele, incontinence rectal fibroid uterus, pain. Disclosure No