Shall Patients With a History of Inflammatory Bowel Disease-Related Surgery Be Excluded in the Assessment of Sexual Function?

Yun Li; Xiaowei Liu

doi:10.1093/ibd/izz026

Shall Patients With a History of Inflammatory Bowel Disease-Related Surgery Be Excluded in the Assessment of Sexual Function?

Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2019 Jun 18;25(7):e77. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izz026.

Authors

Yun Li¹, Xiaowei Liu²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
² Department of Gastroenterology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.

PMID: 30874291
DOI: 10.1093/ibd/izz026

Abstract

Surgical treatment is not rare for patients with IBD. Currently, surgery seems to have a protective effect on sexual function. Thus, exclusion of those treated with IBD related surgery may affect conclusions.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases*
Male
Sexual Behavior
Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological*