EVALUATION OF INCONTINENCE, QUALITY OF LIFE AND SEXUAL FUNCTION IN WOMEN WHO OPERATED SUBURETHRAL SLING

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Objective: Although urinary incontinence is not a life threatening disorder, it has been
shown to have detrimental effects on quality of life in terms of psychological, social and
sexual problems. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of suburethral sling
operation on sexual function, incontinence and quality of life.
Material and method: Twenty nine women were evaluated who underwent suburethral sling operation for stress and mixed incontinence from October 2005 to March
2007. All women and their partners were sexually active. We evaluated all the women tion, McNeamer, chi square and t tests were used for the data analysis.

Results: Mean age and FSFI scores of women were 50.4±8.8 years and 19.3 ± 10.7,
respectively. According to total FSFI score (<25) there were 65.5% subjects had sexual
dysfunction. Quality of life was improved after suburetral sling in female patients.
Reported urinary leakage during intercourse was significantly reduced (69% to 21%).
Among the patients 52% of them were reported an improvement of their sexual life
after suburetral sling surgery.
Conclusion: This study showed that suburetral sling procedures as anti-incontinence
surgery is associated with reduced complaints of incontinence and improvement of the
quality of life. However, prevalence of female sexual dysfunction is significantly high in
these patients.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Female sexual dysfunction
• suburetral sling operation
• urinary incontinence
• quality of life

Orta Üretral Askı Operasyonu Olan Kadınların İnkontinans, Yaşam Kalitesi Ve Cinsel Fonksiyonlarının Değerlendirilmesi

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Anahtar Kelimeler

• Kadın cinsel disfonksiyonu
• orta üretral askı ameliyatı
• idrar kaçırma
• yaşam kalitesi

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