Can I still have conjugal life after minimally invasive laparoscopic radical cervical cancer treatment?

  Cervical cancer is one of the common malignant tumors in gynecology, and clinical treatment is mainly surgical, including traditional open surgery and minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery. Laparoscopic surgery involves making several incisions of about 1 cm on each side of the navel and lower abdomen, and then using special laparoscopic instruments to perform the surgical operation. Compared with traditional open surgery, laparoscopic radical cervical cancer surgery has a wider field of vision, clearer exposure of the area, less trauma, faster wound healing, less bleeding, less chance of incision infection, faster postoperative recovery, shorter hospitalization time, lower cost, safe and reliable operation. This can undoubtedly improve the quality of life of patients after surgery.  But can we still have conjugal life after laparoscopic radical cervical cancer surgery? Couple life is through the vagina of women. Radical cervical cancer surgery will remove a certain length of vagina, but the vagina is elastic and can generally meet the demand of vaginal length for sex, so patients can have married life after surgery. However, due to the different degrees of vaginal narrowing, shortening, gradual loss of elasticity, reduced discharge, vaginal dryness, endocrine changes and other physical discomforts that may occur after radical cervical cancer surgery, the quality of conjugal life may be reduced, but of course some of them can be solved. In addition, the main psychological problems of cervical cancer patients include: anxiety, depression, depression, anger, fatigue, confusion and worry about sex, relationship with spouse, worry about prognosis, lack of social support and so on. These psychological disorders make patients have less desire for sex, which also seriously affects the quality of couple life. Therefore, postoperative patients with cervical cancer need to strengthen sex knowledge education and scientific psychological intervention, and if they have obstacles in this regard, they should seek timely consultation, which will help such patients to recover their sexual life and finally achieve the purpose of improving their quality of life.