Leen Aerts

No ORCID on file · 7 papers in corpus
other 2023
BMJ open ·doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073691

INTRODUCTION: Transvaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (vNOTES) has already proven its non-inferiority to conventional abdominal laparoscopy (CAL) for hysterectomy without conversion. The results in terms of efficacy and…

observational 2021
Sexual medicine ·doi:10.1016/j.esxm.2021.100425

INTRODUCTION: Chronic vulvar pain is a condition that affects many women during their lifetime, including women with Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C). AIM: To study the prevalence and possible etiologies of chronic vulvar pain amo…

review 2019
Revue medicale suisse

Endometriosis can negatively affects many aspects of womens'life, including their sexuality. Deep or superficial dyspareunia is reported by nearly half of women with endometriosis. The pain has chronic inflammatory, neuropathic or muscular …

review 2019
Minerva ginecologica ·doi:10.23736/s0026-4784.19.04379-x

Sexual dysfunctions, particularly sexual pain, are common in adult women of all ages. In patients with endometriosis, a chronic gynecological pain condition affecting women of reproductive age, sexual pain is the third most common symptom. …

review 2018
Best practice & research. Clinical obstetrics & gynaecology ·doi:10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2018.01.008

Endometriosis-associated pelvic pain is a major health concern in women of childbearing age. Controlled studies have shown that endometriosis can adversely affect women and their partners' general psychological well-being, relationship adju…

2010
observational 2009
European journal of gynaecological oncology

Pelvic surgery for gynecological cancer can affect sexuality through a number of anatomical, physiological and psychological mechanisms. We aimed to examine the prevalence of sexual dysfunction and psychological functioning in women who und…