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  • Minimally Invasive Surgery
  • Patient-Reported Outcomes

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  • Limited literature exists on patient-perceived recovery following urogynecologic surgery.
  • Postoperative activity restrictions after these procedures vary significantly among surgeons.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe patient-reported physical recovery in women undergoing minimally invasive surgery for pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and/or stress urinary incontinence (SUI).

Main Methods:

  • Prospective cohort study of women undergoing minimally invasive urogynecologic surgery.
  • Liberal postoperative activity recommendations were provided with no restrictions on lifting or high-impact activities.
  • Patients self-reported recovery weekly for 6 weeks using a 5-point scale; "recovered" was defined as feeling 75% or fully recovered.

Main Results:

  • After POP surgery, 53.7% of women reported feeling recovered by 2 weeks, with 92.6% recovered by 6 weeks.
  • Following midurethral sling (MUS) surgery for SUI, 62.0% of women felt recovered by 1 week, and 86% were recovered by 6 weeks.

Conclusions:

  • Most women achieve a significant level of physical recovery within 1 week after MUS surgery and 2 weeks after POP surgery.
  • Findings support the implementation of evidence-based, unrestricted postoperative activity guidelines for patients undergoing urogynecologic surgery.