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Although patients frequently report sexual disinterest after splenectomy, this feature has been experimentally studied only in a translational investigation performed by the same group of this work. To study libido and other sexual functions after the complete removal of the spleen in humans. This study was performed on 60 healthy adults, 30 men and 30 women, after more than 1\u00a0year of total splenectomy to treat isolated splenic trauma. The International Index of Erectile Function was applied to men and the Female Sexual Function Index to women. The analysis compared the responses obtained in the periods before and after the splenectomy. Laboratory tests with hematological and biochemical analyses, including sex hormones, were performed in all patients. The pre- and postoperative results were compared in each group using the paired t-test, with each patient being his or her own control and with significance to p\u2009&lt;\u20090.05. A decrease in libido and an increase in sexual dysfunction was observed after splenectomy in all men and women, p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001. All postoperative laboratory tests showed normal values in both genders. 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