Multidisciplinary pelvic floor team: 5 year experience

INTRODUCTION: Pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) is expressed by many different symptoms that can affect pelvic floor organs. These symptoms can appear alone or associated. The involvement of different organs and the wide variety of symptoms we have to deal with, has become teamwork essential for diagnosis and treatment of PFD. Currently, multidisciplinary pelvic floor teams are essential when dealing with PFD. OBJECTIVE: The main objective of the article is to analyze characteristics and pathologies of the patients discussed during these multidisciplinary meetings. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This is a descriptive study. Patients followed in the multidisciplinary pelvic floor team at Galdakao-Usansolo Hospital were recruited. We analyzed the patients discussed at the meetings from January 2014 until March 2019. RESULTS: We recruited 55 patients. 89.09% were female and the mean age of the analyzed patients was 55.36 years. The most frequent reasons for medical consultation were pelvic floor prolapses in female (22.45%) and pelvic floor pain in male (33.33%). Association between symptoms occur in 78.18% of the patients. 41.82% of patients were referred to more than 2 specialists and 21.82% needed associated treatments. CONCLUSIONS: Pelvic floor dysfunction is manifested by a combination of symptoms which need different specialists, not only for diagnosis, but also for treatment. This is why multidisciplinary teams have become important for the management of pelvic floor disfunction.