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Table 1 Self-assessment and back pain before the operation (for 200 included women)

From: Post-partum abdominal wall insufficiency syndrome (PPAWIS): lessons learned from a single surgeon’s experience based on 200 cases

Detected problem

Definitely no

Not as much

I do not know

Yes

Definitely yes

Loss of self-esteem

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

23 (11.5%)

97 (48.5%)

80 (40.0%)

Social life disturbance

3 (1.5%)

10 (5.0%)

11 (5.5%)

90 (45.0%)

87 (43.5%)

Sexual life problems

0 (0%)

7 (3.5%)

23 (11.5%)

51 (25.5%)

119 (59.5%)

Back pain

2 (1.0%)

6 (3.0%)

0 (0%)

171 (85.5%)

21 (10.5%)