Critical analysis of the literature investigating urogenital function preservation following robotic rectal cancer surgery

Table 6 Original studies reporting female sexual function

Ref.	Females assessed independently of males	Functional scores applied	Control group	No. of cases examining female sexual function	Follow up in months	Outcome summary
Morelli et al[30]	Yes	Yes	Robot vs lap	not available	1, 6, 12	Female sexual function worse at 1 and 6 mo and restored by 12 mo, in both groups
Luca et al[6]	Yes	Yes	No control group	36	1, 6, 12	Female sexual function worse at 1 and 6 mo and restored by 12 mo
Stănciulea et al[37]	Yes	Yes	No control group	13	Once b/n 6 and 12	No difference between pre- and post-operative FSFI scores (but data not provided in results section)
Alecu et al[36]	No	Yes	No control group	79 pts	Not stated	As in Table 5
Erguner et al[38]	No	No	Robot vs lap	27 rob vs 37 lap	Not stated	As in Table 5
Cho et al[35]	No	No	Robot vs lap	278 vs 278	1	As in Table 5

This table describes the same study characteristics included in Tables 3-5 but for studies assessing female sexual function. Robot: Robotic; lap: Laparoscopic; FSFI: Female Sexual Function Index.