Journal article
G-spot: Fact or Fiction?: A Systematic Review
Sexual medicine, Vol.9(5), pp.100435-100435
10/01/2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.esxm.2021.100435
PMCID: PMC8498956
PMID: 34509752
Abstract
Introduction: The G-spot, a putative erogenous area in the anterior vaginal wall, is a widely accepted concept in the mainstream media, but controversial in medical literature.
Aim: Review of the scientific data concerning the existence, location, and size of the G-spot.
Methods: Search on Pubmed, Pubmed Central, Cochrane, clinicaltrials.gov and Google Scholar from inception to November 2020 of studies on G-spot's existence, location and nature. Surveys, clinical, physiological, imaging, histological and anatomic studies were included.
Main Outcome Measure: Existence, location, and nature of the G-spot. neurophysiological, 9 imaging, 8 histological/anatomical, and 2 combined clinical and histological. Most women (62.9%) reported having a G-spot and it was identified in most clinical studies (55.4% of women); in 2 studies it was not identified in any women. Imaging studies had contradictory results in terms of its existence and nature. Some showed a descending of the anterior vaginal wall, that led to the concept of clitourethrovaginal complex. In anatomic studies, one author could systematically identify the G-spot, while another group did not find it. Studies on innervation of the vaginal walls did not systematically identify an area with richer innervation.
Conclusion: The different studies did systematically agree on the existence of the G-spot. Among the studies in which it was considered to exist, there was no agreement on its location, size, or nature. The existence of this structure remains unproved. Copyright (C) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of the International Society for Sexual Medicine.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- G-spot: Fact or Fiction?: A Systematic Review
- Creators
- Pedro Vieira-Baptista - Lusíada University of PortoJoana Lima-Silva - Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia/EspinhoMario Preti - University of TurinJoana Xavier - Hospital de São JoãoPedro Vendeira - OceanaColleen K. Stockdale - University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Sexual medicine, Vol.9(5), pp.100435-100435
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.esxm.2021.100435
- PMID
- 34509752
- PMCID
- PMC8498956
- NLM abbreviation
- Sex Med
- ISSN
- 2050-1161
- eISSN
- 2050-1161
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 15
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/01/2021
- Academic Unit
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Record Identifier
- 9984318223402771
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