Abstract
We interviewed 105 out-patients at stoma clinics with urinary stomas regarding their sexual ability and activity at least 1 year after surgical treatment. All cases had a sexual partner. Informed consent was obtained for this study. We studied a total of 103 patient（80 males and 23 females）who ranged in age from 30 to 89 tears. The average age of males was 62.3 and 65.8 for the females. Within 6 months before surgical treatment 98％ males and 82.6％ of the males were involved in sexual activity,but 91.3％ of males and 82.6％ of females were not involved sexual activity following surgery. Loss of sexual desire was recorded by 98.9％ of the females. Impotence was reported by 88.8％ of males. Lack of orgasm was reported by 78.3％ of the females. Overall sexual ability and activity were reduced in 90.0％ of the urostomy patients,but some sexual desire remained.
These results indicate that pre-operative assessment and lpng term sexual counseling for urostomy patient are very important.
