Long-term outcome after routine surgery for pelvic organ prolapse-A national register-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction and hypothesis

Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is common, and women have an estimated 12-19% lifetime risk for needing POP surgery. Aims were to measure re-operation rates up to 10 years after POP surgery and patient-reported outcomes (PROMs) 5 years after a first-time operation for POP.

Methods

This is a cohort study using the Swedish National Quality Register for Gynaecological Surgery (GynOp). We retrieved information from 32,086 POP-operated women up to 10 years later. After validation, a web-based PROM questionnaire was sent to 4380 women who 5 years previously had standard POP surgery. Main outcome measures were reoperations due to a relapse of prolapse and PROMs 5 years after the primary operation.

Results

Among women operated for all types of POP, 11%

SUBMITTER: Nussler E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9270303 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature