Title

Assessment of pre- and post-operative overactive bladder symptoms in women undergoing surgery for pelvic organ prolapse

Authors

Sheetal Hedau^1,*, Neha Khedkar¹, Deepa Joshi¹, Alka Patel¹ & Nisha Akhade²

Affiliation

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India; ²Department of Obstetrics and gynaecology, Dr. Laxmi Narayan Pandey Government Medical College, Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Sheetal Hedau - E-mail: sheetal.achale@gmail.com

Neha Khedkar - E-mail: nehakhedkar6@gmail.com

Deepa Joshi - E-mail: dr_deepajoshi@yahoo.com

Alka Patel - E-mail: alkapatelmgmc@gmail.com

Nisha Akhade - E-mail: nishaakhade318@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received July 1, 2026; Revised July 31, 2026; Accepted July 31, 2026, Published July 31, 2026

Abstract

Pelvic organ prolapses (POP) frequently coexists with overactive bladder (OAB), yet the clinical determinants of symptom persistence after prolapse surgery remain unclear. This cross-sectional observational study evaluated 35 women with POP and OAB using clinical examination, urodynamic testing and OAB-8 scores before and six weeks after surgical correction. The mean OAB-8 score significantly decreased from 23.03 to 12.51 following surgery (p<0.0001), demonstrating substantial improvement in urinary symptoms, while Stage III POP was the most common presentation (82.86%). No significant differences in OAB improvement were observed among surgical techniques, although higher pre-operative OAB-8 scores were associated with persistent post-operative symptoms. Thus, data shows that surgical correction of POP effectively alleviates OAB symptoms and identifies pre-operative symptom severity as a potential predictor for post-operative outcomes.

Keywords

Pelvic organ prolapse (POP), overactive bladder (OAB), OAB-8, urodynamics, post-operative outcomes

Citation

Hedau et al. Bioinformation 22(7): 4093-4096 (2026)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.