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Patient and surgeon goal achievement 10 years following surgery for pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence

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Introduction and hypothesis

Assessment of outcomes after pelvic floor surgery remains controversial. The primary aim of our study was to compare patient goal achievement in prolapse/continence surgery with objective/subjective outcomes. The secondary aim was to compare patient goal achievement with overall satisfaction and with that of the surgeon.

Methods

This was a prospective longitudinal observational study, over 10 years, in a tertiary urogynaecology centre. Women with prolapse/stress incontinence undergoing surgery and surgeons listed five goals they hoped to achieve following surgery. The Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification System (POP-Q) and videocystourethrography (VCU) were used for objective assessment. Quality of life (QoL) was assessed using the Prolapse QoL (PQoL) questionnaire, the King’s Health Questionnaire (KHQ) and Golombok Rust Inventory of Sexual Satisfaction (GRISS) and satisfaction with Patient Global Impression of Improvement (PGII).

Results

Complete data were available for 96 women (47.76 %). POP-Q scores significantly improved (p < 0.05); objective cure of incontinence (VCU) was 84.7 %. QoL questionnaires and PGII scores showed significant improvement (p < 0.01).

Mean goal achievement was 83.2.1 % for patients and 82 % for surgeons. Patient goal achievement for prolapse surgery was observed sooner and correlated better with other measures of success than continence surgery. Continence-related goals based on symptom relief were achieved more frequently than those on body image and sexuality. Surgeons reported a high achievement rate in anatomical restoration and functional improvement goals.

Conclusions

Patient goal achievement correlates significantly with other measures of “success” as well as with overall satisfaction. Surgeons and patients have varying expectations of the outcome of surgery. Nearly 83 % of goals are still maintained 10 years following surgery.

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S. Srikrishna: speaker honorarium (Astellas); D. Robinson: consultant (Astellas, Ferring, Pfizer, Recordati, Novo-Nordisk, Allergan), speaker honorarium (Astellas, Ferring, Pfizer, Allergan), trial participation (Astellas, Pfizer, Allergan); L. Cardozo: consultant (Allergan, AMS, Astellas, Pfizer), speaker honorarium (Allergan, Astellas), trial participation (Astellas, Pfizer), research grant (Pfizer); G. Thiagamoorthy: none.

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    Sushma Srikrishna, Dudley Robinson, Linda Cardozo & Ganesh Thiagamoorthy

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At long-term follow-up, 10 years after pelvic floor surgery, around 83 % of patient and surgeon goals are still maintained

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Srikrishna, S., Robinson, D., Cardozo, L. et al. Patient and surgeon goal achievement 10 years following surgery for pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence. Int Urogynecol J 26, 1679–1686 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-015-2760-3

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