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Sexually active women of fertile age with symptoms of pure SUI, which were urodynamically proven, were submitted to intraurethral Macroplastique\u00ae injection. At 6-months follow-up, their sexual function was evaluated with Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), while the SUI cure rate was objectively assessed through a negative stress test and subjectively by a Patient Global Impression of Improvement (PGI-I) score &lt; 3. The difference of coital incontinence prevalence was assessed between the baseline and the 6-month follow-up. Peri- and postoperative complications of Macroplastique\u00ae injection were recorded and classified according to the Clavien\u2013Dindo system. Results: Twenty-one women fulfilled inclusion criteria and were submitted to Macroplastique\u00ae procedure. The concerning sexual function, desire, satisfaction, and overall FSFI score significantly improved. Since other domains were less impaired at the baseline, we could not assess significant improvement for all of them. We observed a complete regression of coital incontinence (0\/21, 0%) in comparison with the baseline (5\/21, 23.8%; p = 0.04). The objective SUI cure rate was 76% (16\/21), while the subjective SUI cure rate was 80.9% (17\/21). One woman developed de novo overactive bladder, and two women developed postoperative voiding dysfunction (self-solved in 24 h). Conclusions: The Macroplastique\u00ae urethral injection was demonstrated to be safe and effective in improving sexual function in sexually active women of fertile age affected by pure SUI, urodinamically proven at 6-months follow-up.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina59030580","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,15]],"date-time":"2023-03-15T06:53:32Z","timestamp":1678863212000},"page":"580","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Does the Polydimethylsiloxane Urethral Injection (Macroplastique\u00ae) Improve Sexual Function in Women, in Fertile Age, Affected by Stress Urinary Incontinence?"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"59","author":[{"given":"Maurizio","family":"Serati","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Del Ponte Hospital, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4877-0640","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andrea","family":"Braga","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, EOC-Beata Vergine Hospital, 6850 Mendrisio, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chiara","family":"Scancarello","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Del Ponte Hospital, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andrea","family":"De Rosa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Del Ponte Hospital, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3952-8462","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Matteo","family":"Frigerio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ASST Monza, Ospedale San Gerardo, 20900 Monza, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9896-9132","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yoav","family":"Baruch","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Urogynecology and Pelvic Floor Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marco","family":"Torella","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Second Faculty, 80100 Naples, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Stefano","family":"Salvatore","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Vita-Salute University, 20132 Milan, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9983-523X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alessandro","family":"Ruffolo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Vita-Salute University, 20132 Milan, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Riemsma, R., Hagen, S., Kirschner-Hermanns, R., Norton, C., Wijk, H., Andersson, K.-E., Chapple, C., Spinks, J., Wagg, A., and Hutt, E. 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