Resilience of the Urogenital Microbiota following Urogynecologic Surgery

Little is known about the resilience of the urogenital microbiota in response to surgery. The aim of this study is to determine if the urogenital microbiota is disrupted after surgery and if the composition of the postoperative UG microbiota returns to a preoperative baseline. We also seek to determine if the process of recovery differs in premenopausal women versus that of postmenopausal women.