Among all registered women, 1146 received the survey invitation by e-mail. We received 529 responses (46.2%). Mean age of the respondents was 57.5 (±13.8), 225 (42,5%) had midurethral sling (MUS) placement alone, 249 (47,1%) had POP repair alone, and 52 (9,8%) had POP repair and MUS. There was no significant difference between respondents and non-respondents regarding age, body mass index, menopausal status, type of surgery. Respondents had not experienced more complications than non-responders (10.6% had a grade 3 or higher complications vs 8.4%, p = 0.22).
One hundred and forty-one surgeons were contacted and 70 of them returned the completed questionnaire (49.6%).
Comparing Clavien-Dindo and women’s classification of the clinical vignettes, 12/25 (48.0%) were concordant (# 1,5,11,12,16,19,22,24,26-29); 8 (61.5%) were estimate less serious by women (# 3,8,10,13-15,17,18), and 5 (38.5%) more serious (# 4,6,8,9,18,20,21).
Among the 5 unclassifiable clinical vignettes, 2 were classified as not or a little serious (# 2,23), 1 situation as not very serious (# 25) and 2 situations as serious (# 7,30).
Comparing Clavien-Dindo and classification of surgeons of the clinical vignettes, 13/25 (52.0%) were concordant (#1,11,16-19,21,22,24,26-29), 8 (61.5%) were estimate less serious by surgeons (#3,5,8,10,12-15) and 4 more serious (#4,6,9,20).
Women and surgeons responses were concordant in 20 out of 30 clinical vignettes (66.7%).