The impact of surgical complications on health-related quality of life in women undergoing gynecologic and gynecologic oncology procedures: a prospective longitudinal cohort study

Collectively, women who experienced postoperative complications after gynecologic and gynecologic oncology procedures did not appear to have differences in most health-related quality of life trends over time compared to those who did not. An exception was anxiety, where postoperative complications were associated with sustained or worsened levels of high anxiety after surgery.