Voiding dysfunction after surgery for pelvic organ prolapse
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Voiding dysfunction after surgery for pelvic organ prolapse – A retrospective study to identify predictors of voiding dysfunction following surgery for pelvic organ prolapse
IRAS ID
272937
Contact name
Ruben Trochez
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Liverpool Women's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
N/A, N/A
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 6 months, 31 days
Research summary
Previous work in this area has failed to identify a consistent means of predicting voiding ability after pelvic organ prolapse surgery. Voiding dysfunction has been associated with patient characteristics such as increased age, irritative bladder symptoms, pre-existing prolapse as well previous incontinence or prolapse surgery. Associations between post-operative voiding dysfunction and the urodynamic variables of reduced peak voiding flow rate and abnormal uroflowmetry pattern have been made.
The aim of this study was to review the records of all women who underwent pelvic organ prolapse surgery in our tertiary urogynaecology unit between January 2014 and December 2018 to provide a large sample for analysis. We plan to analyse a range of demographic, urodynamic and operative variables to identify those associated with post-operative voiding dysfunction and the need for intermittent self-catheterisation (ISC) 6 months after surgery.
REC name
North West - Preston Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
20/NW/0036
Date of REC Opinion
2 Mar 2020
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion