Within pelvic floor surgery there is no clear evidence about when to perform a perineorrhaphy (also referred to as perineoplasty).
In preparation of a clinical multi-center study to evaluate which patients are likely to benefit of perineorraphy and which patients are not, we have learned that there is a significant practice variation. It is our intention to understand the drivers of this practice variation. There are several possible explanations, like how the surgeon has been trained, what the own clinical experience is, how the available scientific evidence is interpreted, or the patient characteristics influence the decision to perform perineorraphy or not.
In this survey we intend to quantify the role of all factors that drive surgeon's preference with respect to performing perineorraphy.
We request your willingness in helping us with understanding this practice variation as it is needed to translate the findings of our future studies to colleagues worldwide.
We appreciate your help in our research by filling out this Survey of Esther van Swieten and her research team: