Women's sexual health improvement: sexual quality of life and pelvic floor muscle assessment in asymptomatic women.

Introduction: Problems related to the quality of sexual life in gynecological practice are usually neglected. This study aimed to highlight the significance of this area of concern and evaluate the usefulness of tools, such as patient-reported outcomes (PROs) and pelvic floor examination, to improve women's sexual wellbeing and to identify predictors of poor quality of sexual life during the well-woman annual visit.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was designed to examine 300 healthy women to determine whether the sexual quality of life (SQOL) questionnaire (on electronic devices) and pelvic floor muscle assessment (the vulva, anus, muscles, and periurethral (VAMP) protocol) of asymptomatic women during the annual bimanual examination (BME) help differentiate patients who would benefit from discussing sexual problems with a gynecologist.

Vulvodynia in prepubertal girls: diagnosis.

Objectives: To identify specific features of vulvodynia in prepubertal girls, highlight potential triggers and concomitant diseases, outline diagnostic criteria is neglected problem in adolescent gynecology.

Material And Methods: A retrospective study, based on medical records of an outpatient clinic, a cohort of 54 vulvodynia cases was evaluated, aged 3-10 years, seen between January 2016 and July 2018.

Results: The study cohort presented with pain (61%), sometimes aggravated at night, pruritus (44%) and a range of other varied and unusual vulvar complaints (26%).

Pilot study of testing a clinical tool for pelvic physical examination in patients with vulvodynia.

Objectives: Vulvodynia diagnosis is based on medical history and physical examination. The study is aimed to evaluate the clinical usefulness of a pelvic floor physical examination (VAMP protocol) for vulvodynia diagnosis, applied during gynecological examination, proposed as educational and diagnostic tool.

Material And Methods: Pelvic physical examinations were performed for 650 non-pregnant female patients.

Genitourinary syndrome of menopause treatment using lasers and temperature-controlled radiofrequency.

Perimenopausal changes caused by oestrogen deficiency are accompanied by a decrease in the content of collagen and elastin in the tissues, leading to thinning of the epithelium and the resultant disappearance of the superficial layer, which leads to smooth muscle dysfunction as well as connective tissue degradation. This aetiopathogenetic chain results in a set of symptoms experienced by approximately 50% of women in the peri- and postmenopausal period. Symptoms of dryness, burning, dyspareunia and urgency contribute to a significant reduction in the quality of sexual function and general comfort of life due to recurrent infections of the vagina, vulva and urinary tract.