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Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Female Sexual Function in Obese Patients: a Meta-Analysis.
Synthesis in Obesity surgery, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- Impact of Endourological procedures with or without double-J stent on sexual function: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC urology · 2020Pooled it
- Changes in Body Composition and Sexual Satisfaction Following Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in Women with Obesity: A Prospective Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Female sexual function, urinary incontinence, and sexual position use 5 years after bariatric surgery: a prospective cohort study.BMC women's health · 2026Article
- Sexual function in chronic illness and cancer perspectives of the patient, partner, and healthcare provider; innovations; and updates: recommendations from the Fifth International Consultation on Sexual Medicine (ICSM 2024).Sexual medicine reviews · 2026Review
- Changes in Sexual Functioning in Women with Severe Obesity After Bariatric Surgery: Impact of Postoperative Adherence to Mediterranean Diet.Nutrients · 2025Observational
- Impact of bariatric surgery on infertility in obese women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2024Article
- Rapid Lifestyle Recommendations to Improve Urologic, Heart and Overall Health.Current urology reports · 2024Review
- Psychological symptoms and brain activity alterations in women with PCOS and their relation to the reduced quality of life: a narrative review.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2024Review
- Sexuality and self-concept of morbidly obese women who are sexually attracted to men after bariatric surgery: a phenomenological study.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- Influence of Gastric Bypass on Obese Women Sexual Function-a Prospective Study.Obesity surgery · 2021Article
- The advantages and disadvantages of sleeve gastrectomy; clinical laboratory to bedside review.Heliyon · 2020Review
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
We aimed to make a meta-analysis regarding the effect of bariatric surgery on female sexual function. PubMed, EMBASE, and CENTRAL were searched from database inception through August 2019. Articles were eligible for inclusion if they examined the effect of bariatric surgery on obese women's sexual function assessed by the Female Sexual Functioning Index (FSFI) or/and the Pelvic Organ Prolapse/Urinary Incontinence Sexual Questionnaire (PISQ-12). Twenty articles were included into meta-analysis. Bariatric surgery was associated with significant increase in the total FSFI score. When parameters included in the FSFI scoring system were separately evaluated, significant improvements were observed in sexual desire, sexual arousal, lubrication, orgasm, sexual satisfaction, and sexual pain. However, the PISQ-12 and FSFI scores in women with pelvic floor disorders (PFDs) were not significantly changed postoperatively. Bariatric surgery improves female sexual function in obese patients, but not in women with PFD.
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