Quality of sex life in endometriosis patients with deep dyspareunia before and after laparoscopic treatment

A Lukic, M Di Properzio, S De Carlo, Santulli Carlo, F Nobili, Flavio Nobili, M Schimberni, Matteo Schimberni, Paola Bianchi, P Bianchi, C Prestigiacomo, Claudio Prestigiacomo, M Moscarini, Massimo Moscarini, D Caserta, Donatella Caserta
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2015 · vol. 293(3) , pp. 583–590 · doi:10.1007/s00404-015-3832-9 · PMID:26246414 · W2191429193
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Laparoscopic treatment of deep dyspareunia in endometriosis patients significantly reduced pain and improved sexual function, including increased intercourse frequency and satisfaction.

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This study evaluated how deep dyspareunia affects sex life in women of fertile age with clinically and instrumentally diagnosed pelvic endometriosis, using a pre- and post-laparoscopic surgery questionnaire in a selected subgroup of 67 patients out of a 320-woman cohort. After laparoscopic surgical treatment, dyspareunia severity measured by VAS decreased significantly at 6 months, and sex life improved significantly, including more coituses and more non-difficult coituses, greater proportions of patients reporting pain did not diminish sexual pleasure, and more patients achieving orgasm. The authors note the key caveat that outcomes are based on only a selected subset undergoing surgery rather than the full cohort, and on questionnaire data at a single 6-month time point. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — specifically, it links endometriosis-associated deep dyspareunia with quality of sex life before and after laparoscopic treatment.

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mesh:D004414mesh:D004715mesh:D017699endometriosisdyspareunia

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Dyspareunia Endometriosis Laparoscopy Pelvic Pain Quality of Life Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological Adult Coitus Delayed Diagnosis Dyspareunia Dyspareunia Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Laparoscopy Middle Aged Orgasm Pelvic Pain

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