Surgical site infection after hysterectomy.

Objective: Our objective was to estimate the occurrence of surgical site infections (SSI) after hysterectomy and the associated risk factors.

Study Design: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of the 2005-2009 American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program participant use data files to analyze hysterectomies. Different routes of hysterectomy were compared.

Use of patient reported outcome questionnaires in the urogynecologic literature.

Aims: We aimed to describe the current use of patient reported outcome questionnaires (PROQ) in the urogynecologic literature.

Methods: All articles from 2009 in 11 journals were reviewed and included if PROQ were used. PROQ were assigned the grades of recommendation used by the International Consultation on Incontinence (ICI).

Spanish translation and validation of four short pelvic floor disorders questionnaires.

Introduction And Hypothesis: Globally, Spanish is the primary language for 329 million people; however, most urogynecologic questionnaires are available in English. We set out to develop valid Spanish translations of the Questionnaire for Urinary Incontinence Diagnosis (QUID), the Three Incontinence Questions (3IQ), and the short Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory (PFDI-20) and Pelvic Floor Impact Questionnaire (PFIQ-7).

Methods: The TRAPD method (translation, review, adjudication, pretesting, and documentation) was used for translation.

Asymptomatic microscopic hematuria.

Purpose Of Review: To examine the 2001 American Urological Association (AUA) recommendations for the evaluation of asymptomatic microscopic hematuria (AMH) in light of the most recent studies available.

Recent Findings: AMH is a nonspecific marker of disease, but can also be found in healthy individuals. The research done seeks to better identify those patients who present with AMH and have a clinically significant disease.

Maternal postoperative complications after nonobstetric antenatal surgery.

Objective: Our primary objective is to estimate the occurrence of major maternal 30 day postoperative complications after nonobstetric antenatal surgery.

Methods: We analyzed the 2005-2009 data files from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program to assess outcomes for pregnant women undergoing nonobstetric antenatal surgery during any trimester of pregnancy as classified by CPT-4 codes. t Tests, χ(2), logistic regression and other tests were used to calculate composite 30-day major postoperative complications and associations of preoperative predictors with 30 day postoperative morbidity.