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## Objective: To assess the effect of weight loss on urinary incontinence (ui), pelvic organ prolapse, colorectal-anal complaints, and sexual dysfunction among obese women undergoing bariatric surgery. ## Materials and methods: One hundred sixty consecutive women who underwent bariatric surgery were prospectively enrolled. four validated questionnaires (international consultation on incontinence questionnaire-ui [iciq-ui], bristol female lower urinary tract symptoms-sf [bfluts-sf], pelvic floor distress inventory-20 [pfdi-20], and pelvic organ prolapse/urinary incontinence sexual questionnaire-12 [pisq-12]) were used to evaluate pelvic floor disorders and sexual dysfunction before and 3-6 months after surgery. ## Results: One hundred fifty participants (mean age: 43 ± 12.8 years; mean preoperative body mass index: 42 ± 4.6 kg/m) completed all pre- and postoperative questionnaires. preoperatively, 56 (37.3%) women had ui, 44 (29.3%) women had pelvic organ prolapse symptoms, and 66 (44%) women had colorectal-anal symptoms. overall, surgically induced weight loss was associated with statistically significant improvement in ui (mean iciq score: 9.3 ± 3.9 vs 3.3 ± 3.8, p <.001), pelvic

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Author

Avner Leshem; Mordechai Shimonov; Hadar Amir; David Gordon; Asnat Groutz

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2017

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)