Patient-Initiated Telephone Calls in the Postoperative Period After Female Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery

Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate reasons and factors associated with patient calls in the postoperative period after female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery. Methods A retrospective review using electronic medical records was performed on consecutive patients who underwent surgery within our academic female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery practice during a 6-month period. Calls after postoperative discharge until first scheduled postoperative visit were included. Reasons and number of calls were tabulated. Clinical and surgical factors were extracted. Continuous data were evaluated with a Student t test or analysis of variance; categorical data were evaluated with a χ2 test. P
Source: Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery - Category: OBGYN Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research