TABLE III.

Fulfillment of Preoperative Sexual Activity (SA) Expectations (After 1 Year)

	Fulfillment of Preop. SA Expectations*
	Unfulfilled	Fulfilled	Exceeded	P Value†
SA-Expecting Group‡ (n = 605)
Preop. SA expectations				0.002
Back to normal (n = 457)	187 (40.9%)	270 (59.1%)	0 (0.0%)
Large improvement (n = 87)	44 (51.0%)	9 (10.3%)	34 (39.1%)
Moderate improvement (n = 44)	21 (47.7%)	9 (20.5%)	14 (31.8%)
Slight improvement (n = 17)	11 (64.7%)	1 (5.9%)	5 (29.4%)
Total (n = 605)	263 (43.5%)	289 (47.8%)	53 (8.8%)
No-SA-Expecting Group (n = 347)		284 (81.8%)	63§ (18.2%)

^*For the SA-Expecting Group, unfulfilled = lower results (≤1 step) than expected preoperatively, fulfilled = achieved SA as expected preoperatively, and exceeded = better results (≥1 step) than expected preoperatively. For the No-SA Expecting Group, fulfilled = SA not regained postoperatively, and exceeded = SA unexpectedly regained postoperatively.

^†P value for ordinal categorical variables calculated with the Armitage trend test.

^‡Of the 605 patients in the SA-Expecting Group, 147 had no SA at 1 year postoperatively, including 92 (20.1%) of 457 who had expected to return to normal function, 27 (31.0%) of 87 who had expected large improvement, 17 (38.6%) of 44 who had expected moderate improvement, and 11 (64.7%) of 17 who had expected slight improvement.

^§Of the 63 patients in the No-SA-Expecting group who unexpectedly regained SA, 53 (84.1%) regained normal function, 4 (6.3%) reported large improvement, 3 (4.8%) reported moderate improvement, and 3 (4.8%) reported slight improvement.