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ArticleLangenbeck's archives of surgery2013

Evaluation of sexual function in sexually active women 1 year after transvaginal NOTES: a prospective cohort study of 106 patients.

Georg R Linke, Stephanie Luz, Joanna Janczak, Andreas Zerz, Bruno M Schmied, Ikbale Siercks, René Warschkow, Ulrich Beutner, Ignazio Tarantino

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Article in Langenbeck's archives of surgery, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07637201 (Randomised Prospective Comparison of Sexual Function and Postoperative Recovery Following V-NOTES Versus Laparoscopic Bilateral Tubal Ligation and Salpingectomy), which is not on this map. Cited by 28 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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NCT07637201 naactive not recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Randomised Prospective Comparison of Sexual Function and Postoperative Recovery Following V-NOTES Versus Laparoscopic Bilateral Tubal Ligation and Salpingectomy

TypeinterventionalSponsorTepecik Training and Research HospitalRan2025 to 2026Enrolled118ConditionsSexual Function Scores, Postoperative RecoveryArmsV-NOTES Bilateral Tubal Ligation or Salpingectomy, Laparoscopic Bilateral Tubal Ligation or Salpingectomy
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  19. [Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery in Germany: Data from the German NOTES registry].Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2015
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Authors and funding

9 authors.

Georg R LinkeDepartment of General, Abdominal and Transplant Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Stephanie Luz
Joanna Janczak
Andreas Zerz
Bruno M Schmied
Ikbale Siercks
René Warschkow
Ulrich Beutner
Ignazio Tarantino

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe primary objective of this prospective cohort study was to investigate sexual function, quality of life and patient satisfaction in sexually active women 1 year after transvaginal hybrid natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES). PATIENTS AND

methodsThis prospective single-centre cohort study included sexually active female patients after transvaginal hybrid NOTES cholecystectomy or anterior resection. Sexual life impairment and quality of life were assessed by the Gastrointestinal Quality of Life Index (GIQLI) prior and 1 year after surgery. Patient satisfaction was assessed as well as the sexual function 1 year postoperatively using the validated German version of the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI-D).

resultsBetween September 2008 and December 2009, 106 sexually active women after transvaginal hybrid NOTES cholecystectomy or anterior resection were identified. Sexual life significantly improved (GIQLI scores 3.2 ± 1.0 preoperatively vs. 3.7 ± 0.7 1 year postoperatively, P < 0.001), and painful sexual intercourse (3.3 ± 1.0 vs. 3.6 ± 0.7, P = 0.008) decreased post-surgery. The mean FSFI-D total score after transvaginal NOTES was 28.1 ± 4.6, exceeding the cutoff for sexual dysfunction defined as 26. Four (4.5 %) out of 88 patients who answered this question were not satisfied with the transvaginal hybrid NOTES procedure.

conclusionsThis prospective cohort study of female sexual function after transvaginal NOTES provides compelling evidence that the transvaginal access is safe and associated with high satisfaction rate.

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CholecystectomyNatural Orifice Endoscopic SurgeryAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCohort StudiesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMiddle AgedPatient SatisfactionPostoperative ComplicationsProspective StudiesQuality of LifeSexual Dysfunction, PhysiologicalVagina

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PMID22922839

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