Ambulatory procedures for female pelvic floor disorders in the United States.
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to estimate the number of women undergoing ambulatory surgical procedures for female pelvic floor disorders (PFDs) in the United States and to compare age-adjusted ambulatory surgical case rates between 1996 and 2006.


METHODS
We analyzed data from the 1996 and 2006 National Survey of Ambulatory Surgery, a federal public access de-identified database. Procedures for PFDs were identified using International Classification of Diseases-9th revision Clinical Modification procedure codes for urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, and pelvic organ prolapse.


RESULTS
The number of women undergoing ambulatory surgical procedures for urinary incontinence increased from 34,968 (95% confidence interval, 25,583-44,353) in 1996 to 105,656 (95% confidence interval, 79,033-132,279) in 2006. The age-adjusted ambulatory surgical case rates for all PFDs increased from 7.91 per 10,000 in 1996 to 12.10 per 10,000 in 2006 (P = .0006).


CONCLUSIONS
Ambulatory procedures for urinary incontinence increased between 1996 and 2006, as well as the age-adjusted ambulatory case rate for all PFDs.
Erekson
Elisabeth A
EA
Section of Urogynecology, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Lopes
Vrishali V
VV
Raker
Christina A
CA
Sung
Vivian W
VW
D000328:Adult; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017773:Pelvic Floor / Q000601:surgery*; D056887:Pelvic Organ Prolapse / Q000601:surgery*; D014481:United States; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000601:surgery*