Sexual Function in Women with Stress Urinary Incontinence Treated with the SPARC Sling System

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Aim.

To evaluate the impact of SPARC on female sexual function.

Methods.

151 women with a mean age of 60±11.90 and SUI had a complete urodynamic investigation and underwent SPARC operation.

98 women completed the validated female sexual function index questionnaire (FSFI) at baseline and 94 women at follow-up.

A minimum follow-up of 12 months was required for study inclusion.

Results.

52/98 women were sexually active at baseline.

Postoperatively only 33 patients were sexually active.

The FSFI score of all 33 pre- and postoperative sexually active women increased from 25.3±5.7 at baseline to 27.4±4.8 at follow-up (P=0.1).

Scores of women with reduced sexual function at baseline increased significantly in the domains desire, arousal, and lubrication as well as orgasm and satisfaction and total FSFI-score (P=0.002) postoperatively.

Conclusions.

Our results suggest that the SPARC-sling procedure for SUI did not negatively interfere with female sexual function.