ArticleSurgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery
Significant resolution of female sexual dysfunction after bariatric surgery.
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Health-related Quality of Life, Sexuality and Hormone Status After Bariatric Surgery
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44 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Factors that influence an individual's decision to undergo bariatric surgery: A qualitative systematic review.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Female Sexual Function in Obese Patients: a Meta-Analysis.Obesity surgery · 2020Pooled it
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- Effect of intensive lifestyle intervention on sexual dysfunction in women with type 2 diabetes: results from an ancillary Look AHEAD study.Diabetes care · 2013Trial
- Effects of gastric bypass surgery on female reproductive function.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2012Trial
- Changes in Body Composition and Sexual Satisfaction Following Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in Women with Obesity: A Prospective Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- A Five Year Prospective Study on Recurrent Weight Gain and Six BODY-Q Health-Related Quality of Life Scales after Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.Obesity surgery · 2026Observational
- Sexual behavior of young women with obesity indicated for bariatric treatment: A cross-sectional study.The Journal of international medical research · 2025Article
- Changes in Sexual Functioning in Women with Severe Obesity After Bariatric Surgery: Impact of Postoperative Adherence to Mediterranean Diet.Nutrients · 2025Observational
- Comparing sexual self-concept in women with obesity pre- and post-bariatric surgery.BMC public health · 2024Article
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- Does Significant Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery Affect Sexual Function and Urinary Symptoms? An Iranian Study.Obesity surgery · 2023Article
- Cardiometabolic risk is unraveled by color Doppler ultrasound of the clitoral and uterine arteries in women consulting for sexual symptoms.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Barocrinology: The Endocrinology of Obesity from Bench to Bedside.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- Does sexual functioning improve with migraine improvements and/or weight loss?-A post hoc analysis in the Women's Health and Migraine (WHAM) trial.Obesity science & practice · 2020Article
- A New Beginning: Young Women's Experiences and Sexual Function 18 Months After Bariatric Surgery.Sexual medicine · 2020Article
- Association Between Body Mass Index and Female Sexual Dysfunction: A Cross-sectional Study from the Data Registry on Experiences of Aging, Menopause, and Sexuality.The journal of sexual medicine · 2020Article
- Health-Related Quality of Life, Sexuality and Hormone Status after Laparoscopic Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass in Women.Obesity surgery · 2020Article
- Changes in Sexual Functioning in Women and Men in the 5 Years After Bariatric Surgery.JAMA surgery · 2019Article
- Endocrine implications of bariatric surgery: a review on the intersection between incretins, bone, and sex hormones.Physiological reports · 2019Review
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backgroundWe have previously reported that most women seeking bariatric surgery have had female sexual dysfunction (FSD) as defined by the validated Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI). The present study examined whether FSD resolves after bariatric surgery.
methodsA total of 54 reportedly sexually active women (43.3 ± 9.5 years) completed the FSFI preoperatively and 6 months postoperatively after a mean percentage of excess weight loss of 42.3% (laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding [n = 38], percentage of excess weight loss, 34.6% ± 15.7%; Roux-en-Y gastric bypass [n = 16], percentage of excess weight loss 60.0% ± 21.2%). The FSFI assesses sexual function across 6 domains, with higher scores indicating better sexual function. The summing of these scores yields a FSFI total score (range 2-36, with a score of ≤ 26.55 indicating FSD).
resultsBefore surgery, 34 women (63%) had scores indicative of FSD. By 6 months postoperatively, the FSD had resolved in 23 (68%) of these 34 women, and only 1 woman had developed FSD postoperatively. In the entire sample, significant (P < .05) improvements occurred from before to after surgery on all FSFI domains. The FSFI total scores improved after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (from 24.2 ± 5.9 to 29.1 ± 4.1, P < .001) and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (from 23.7 ± 7.7 to 30.0 ± 4.7, P < .001). In regression analyses, being married, younger age, and worse preoperative sexual function were related to greater sexual function improvements. Postoperatively, the participants' FSFI total scores were indistinguishable from those of published normative controls (29.4 ± 4.3 versus 30.5 ± 5.3, P = .18).
conclusionFSD resolved in a large percentage of women after bariatric surgery. Sexual functioning in the entire sample improved to levels consistent with those of normative controls. This improvement in sexual function did not depend on surgery type or weight loss amount and appears to be an additional benefit for women undergoing bariatric surgery.
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