The Effects of Surgical Treatment for Endometrio-sis on Female Sexual Functioning: A Systematic Review

Background: Some diseases such as endometriosis can affect sexual satisfaction and quality of life. The aim of this study were to systematically review the literature on the effects of surgical treatment of endometriosis on female sexual functioning Materials and Methods: The present study is a systematic re-view that is performed by electronic database search of studies on the association between Endometriosis, Endometriosis Sur-gery and Sexual Dysfunction Which published between 2000 and 2019.Results: 16 study (14 quantitative and 2 qualitative) were in-cluded. Data were analyzed by using narrative synthesis. Ac-cording to the results of the studies, positive changes after laparoscopic surgery have been seen and dyspareunia, sexual performance index and sexual quality of life had the most posi-tive changes.Conclusion: Laparoscopic surgery has a positive effect on the improvement of sexual dysfunction.

Keywords:

Endometriosis , Laparoscopic Surgery , Sexual Dys-function