Surgical preparation: are patients “ready” for stress urinary incontinence surgery?
Brubaker L, Litman H, Rickey L, Dyer K, Markland A, Sirls L, Norton P, Casiano E, Paraiso M, Ghetti C, Rahn D, Kusek J. Surgical preparation: are patients “ready” for stress urinary incontinence surgery? International Urogynecology Journal 2013, 25: 41-46. PMID: 23912506, PMCID: PMC3833875, DOI: 10.1007/s00192-013-2184-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStress urinary incontinence surgeryPatient Preparedness QuestionnaireUrinary incontinence surgeryQuality of lifeIncontinence surgerySurgical outcomesPre-operative urodynamic studyPost-operative satisfactionSecondary outcome measuresHalf of womenOverall incontinenceSUI surgeryUrge incontinenceClinical characteristicsUrodynamic studiesTreatment satisfactionVALUE trialUDI scorePatient preparednessPatient satisfactionOffice evaluationOutcome measuresPreparedness scoreSurgerySecondary analysis