Patient reported experiences following laparoscopic prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy or salpingectomy in an
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Patient reported experiences following laparoscopic prophylactic bilateral salpingo‑oophorectomy or salpingectomy in an ambulatory care hospital Rachel Trister1 · Michelle Jacobson2 · Patricia Nguyen3 · Mara Sobel4 · Lisa Allen2,4 · Steven A. Narod3,5 · Joanne Kotsopoulos3,5 Received: 27 May 2020 / Accepted: 16 September 2020 © Springer Nature B.V. 2020
Abstract Women at risk of developing ovarian cancer because of a BRCA1 or BRCA2 pathogenic variant are candidates for prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO). While BSO surgeries are routinely performed, to our knowledge there are no studies that have examined patient-reported experiences following laparoscopic BSO performed in an ambulatory care setting. The objective of this study was to examine whether women undergoing prophylactic laparoscopic BSO felt they were adequately informed about post-operative outcomes. A telephone interview was conducted among 46 women undergoing laparoscopic BSO to collect detailed information regarding surgical outcomes, complications, symptoms, and time to return to daily activities. The average age at surgery was 45.0 years (range 34–66) and 67% of women underwent BSO prior to age 50. The mean reported hospital stay was 7.2 h (range 4–12 h) and at time of discharge, 78% of the women felt well enough to go home. None of the women required a readmission to hospital. Forty-three percent (n = 20) of the women did not feel well informed about what to expect post-operatively. Most of the patient-reported outcomes (including pain, vaginal bleeding, and nausea/vomiting) were expected and patient-reported menopausal symptoms were more common among women who were premenopausal at surgery. In terms of returning to regular activities, premenopausal women (n = 36) resumed sexual activity on average at 43 days (range 2–365), which is later than postmenopausal women (n = 15) at 19 days (range 7–30). On average, women returned to full-time work in 16 days (range 1–56 days). Despite patients receiving pre-surgery counselling, our findings suggest that there is a need to provide supplemental, reinforcing patient materials in preparing patients for what to expect after surgery. Keywords BRCA · Oophorectomy · Ambulatory care · Patient reported outcomes
Introduction
* Joanne Kotsopoulos [email protected] 1
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
2
Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
3
Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital, 76 Grenville Street, Room 6423, Toronto, ON M5S 1B2, Canada
4
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
5
Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Women at risk of developing ovarian cancer because of a germline pathogenic variant in BRCA1 or BRCA2 are candidates for prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO) [1, 2]. Based on a previously published model, BSO has been shown to lengthen the life expectancy of BRCA pathogenic variant carriers up to 4.65 years [3].
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