Pelvic floor disorders (PFDs) can impact sexual function.
This summary provides an overview of the impact of stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse and their treatments on sexual function. In general, interventions that successfully address PFDs will generally improve sexual function as well. However, there are patients whose sexual function will remain unchanged despite treatment, and a small but significant minority who will report worsened sexual function following treatment for their pelvic floor dysfunction.
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Rogers RG. Are you the author?
Regent's Professor, Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Surgery, and Director, Division of Urogynecology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM.
Reference: Can Urol Assoc J. 2013 Sep;7(9-10 Suppl 4):S199-S201.
doi: 10.5489/cuaj.1625
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 24523846
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