PURPOSE: To assess influence of miduretral sling (MUS) on patient's sexuality.
METHODS: A comprehensive literature review using Pubmed, Medline, Embase and Cochrane: "stress urinary incontinence", "sexual function", "anti-incontinence surgery", "minimaly invasive slings", "mid-urethral slings", "tension-free vaginal tape", "transobturator vaginal tape". Sixty-nine articles really dealt with the impact of MUS on sexuality.
RESULTS: The data were expressed as the median and interquartile range (IQR; 25th-75th percentile). After MUS surgery, 30% (21-37) patients had sexuality improvement, 8.5% (4.7-14) had sexuality impairment and 60% (53-73) didn't report change on their sexuality.
CONCLUSION: MUS surgery didn't seem to impair significantly patient's sexuality.
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Vieillefosse S, Thubert T, Deffieux X. Are you the author?
Gynécologie-obstétrique, hôpital Antoine-Béclère, AP-HP, 157, rue de la Porte-de-Trivaux, 92140 Clamart, France.
Reference: Prog Urol. 2014 Sep;24(11):682-90.
doi: 10.1016/j.purol.2014.06.013
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 25214449
Article in French.