Surgical registries with patient‐reported outcome data – important tools in monitoring complications after pelvic floor repair surgery

Mid urethral slings (MUS) to treat incontinence were widely introduced almost twenty years ago. After an initial multicenter study in Sweden showed good results and low complications at 2, 6 and 12 months follow-up (Ulmsten et al 1998; Int Urogynecol. J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct. 1998-9: 210-3), hundreds of international studies have confirmed good results and low complication rates also in the long term. However, after millions of women have received MESH implants, rare complications have begun to accumulate.