The Orgasm Answer Guide by Barry R. Komisaruk & Beverly Whipple & Sara Nasserzadeh & Carlos Beyer-Flores

Author:Barry R. Komisaruk & Beverly Whipple & Sara Nasserzadeh & Carlos Beyer-Flores
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press

Besides hysterectomy, do other female genital surgeries affect orgasms?

HYSTERECTOMY MAY BE THE most commonly discussed surgery affecting female genitals, but there are many other surgeries that may affect a woman’s ability to experience orgasm. These other “pelvic surgeries” include, but are not limited to, oophorectomy (removal of the ovaries), cystectomy (partial or complete removal of the urinary bladder), vulvectomy (which might involve the removal of the top layer of the vulval skin affected by cancer or, in severe cases, the entire vulva and deep tissues, including the clitoris), and abdomino-perineal resection (a radical surgical procedure in which the anus, rectum, and sigmoid colon are removed to treat cancer located very low in the rectum or in the anus, close to the sphincter—the muscle that keeps closed and opens the anus). If the surgeon is successful in retaining adequate blood supply and preserving healthy nerves, the effects of these surgeries on sexual activity and orgasm may be minimal. Conversely, disturbance in the function of the blood or nerve supply could lead to a sexual disorder. If you are to undergo surgical treatment of this sort, it’s important to inform your surgeon beforehand about the importance to you of retaining your sexual function. The surgeon will then take extra care when working on these nerves, veins, and arteries.

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