AUTHOR=Malanowska-Jarema Ewelina , Starczewski Andrzej , Melnyk Mariia , Fidalgo Daniel , Oliveira Dulce , Dubuisson Jean 

TITLE=Comparison of sexual function between laparoscopic lateral suspension and laparoscopic sacrocervicopexy with the use of the PISQ-IR questionnaire

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Medicine

VOLUME=Volume 11 - 2024

YEAR=2024

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/medicine/articles/10.3389/fmed.2024.1456073

DOI=10.3389/fmed.2024.1456073

ISSN=2296-858X

ABSTRACT=Introduction and hypothesis:
We aimed to analyze the quality of sexual life of patients with apical vaginal wall prolapse who had undergone laparoscopic lateral suspension ( LLS) and laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy (LSC).
Methods:
We performed a secondary analysis of sexual outcomes of a previous randomized control trial comparing LLS and LSC in 89 women with symptomatic POP stage ≥ II. We evaluated sexually active (SA) and non-sexually active women (NSA) using the Pelvic Organ Prolapse/Incontinence Sexual Questionnaire-IUGA-Revised (PISQ-IR). Women were reviewed over a period of 1 year post-surgery.
Results:
Analysis of the entire PISQ-IR questionnaire indicates that surgical treatment of POP resulted in an improvement of the quality of sexual life in 21 (80.76%) in the group of sexually active women after LSC and in 20 (83.33%) in the group of SA patients after LLS. In both groups of patients, dyspareunia was not observed.
Conclusions:
 In conclusion, the quality of sexual life in SA group of patients improved significantly after both surgical procedures. The quality of sexual life of surveyed women significantly improved after curing POP symptoms.