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Ovarian remnant syndrome [1] is a condition that occurs when ovarian tissue is left behind following oophorectomy, causing development of a pelvic mass, pelvic pain, and occasionally dyspareunia. [2] Ovarian remnant syndrome (ORS) is characterized by the presence of residual ovarian tissue after a woman has had surgery to remove one ovary or ...
Dyspareunia (/ d ɪ s p ə r ˈ u n i ə / dis-pər-OO-nee-ə) is painful sexual intercourse due to somatic or psychological causes. [1] The term dyspareunia covers both female dyspareunia and male dyspareunia, but many discussions that use the term without further specification concern the female type, which is more common than the male type.
Most women, at some time in their lives, experience pelvic pain. As girls enter puberty, pelvic or abdominal pain becomes a frequent complaint. Chronic pelvic pain is a common condition with rate of dysmenorrhoea between 16.8 and 81%, dyspareunia between 8-21.8%, and noncyclical pain between 2.1 and 24%. [30]
Most people will not know that they have a retroverted uterus, however it can sometimes affect sexual intercourse. Considering the angle of the uterus, the ovaries and the fallopian tubes are also tilted, and dyspareunia can occur, [8] where the head of the penis may impact or butt these parts during intercourse. Being positioned on top can be ...
Subtotal (supracervical) hysterectomy was originally proposed with the expectation that it may improve sexual functioning after hysterectomy, it has been postulated that removing the cervix causes excessive neurologic and anatomic disruption, thus leading to vaginal shortening, vaginal vault prolapse, and vaginal cuff granulations. [62]
“Before the 2000s, women having a hysterectomy would most often have their ovaries removed, too,” says Tang. And as recently as 2008, 50 percent of hysterectomies also included removing the ...
Endometriosis has a 10% recurrence rate after hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. [140] Endometriosis recurrence following conservative surgery is estimated as 21.5% at 2 years and 40-50% at 5 years. [141] Recurrence rate for DIE after surgery is less than 1%. [142]
Vestibulodynia also can often cause sex to be painful, known as dyspareunia. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The pain may be provoked by touch or contact with an object, such as the insertion of a tampon, with vaginal intercourse, or with the pressure from sitting on a bicycle seat, (provoked vestibulodynia) [ 6 ] or it may be constant and not provoked by a ...