Commentary on ‘De novo urinary incontinence after pelvic organ prolapse surgery—a national database study’

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This study was based on data collected from the Danish Urogynaecological Database. Data were collected from 2013 to 2016 to explore the prevalence of and risk factors for de novo urinary incontinence (UI) after pelvic organ prolapse surgery. Inclusion criteria included urinary continent women who underwent pelvic organ prolapse surgery. Urinary continence was defined as a total score of 0 and women who answered ‘never’ to ‘When does urine leak?’ using the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Urinary Incontinence-short form (ICIQ-UI-sf). In the post-operative phase, women were classified as continent or with stress urinary incontinence (SUI), urgency urinary incontinence (UUI), mixed urinary incontinence (MUI) or undefined UI. …