Pelvic Floor Symptoms and Quality of Life Analyses in Women Undergoing Surgery for

Background: Characterize pelvic floor symptom distress and impact, sexual function and quality of life in women after rectal prolapse surgery. Methods: Subjects undergoing rectal prolapse surgery from 2004-2009 completed questionnaires including the Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory, Pelvic Floor Impact Questionnaire, and the Prolapse/Urinary Incontinence Sexual Questionnaire. Baseline demographic, medical, and surgical characteristics were extracted by chart review. Demographic and clinic outcomes of women undergoing transper-ineal and abdominal approaches were compared. Wilcoxon rank-sum test was used for continuous variables; Fisher’s exact test for categorical measures. Results: 45 subjects were identified; two deceased at follow-up. 28/43 subjects (65.1%) responded to the questionnaires. Mean time from original procedure was 3.9 ± 3.1 years. No differences in me-dian total Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory, Pelvic Floor Impact Questionnaire, and subscale scores