273: We Measure What We Can, Not What Matters

Monday, November 16, 2026
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm

Room: BALLRM-ABC

Chairs: Randa J. Jalloul

Faculty:

Description: Modern gynecologic surgery excels at measuring what is easy—operative time, blood loss, length of stay, and complication rates—but often fails to measure what patients define as success. True surgical excellence is not determined in the operating room, but in the patient's life afterward. This MEDTalk challenges surgeons to rethink how success is defined, measured, and communicated in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery (MIGS), shifting the focus from surgeon-centered metrics to patient-defined outcomes.

Objective #1: Challenge entrenched definitions of surgical success
Objective #2: Encourage adoption of patient-defined outcomes in daily practice
Objective #3: Improve counseling, expectation management, and satisfaction and align surgical excellence with patient autonomy and outcomes-driven care
Medtalk Presenter: Randa Jalloul

Learning Objectives: At the end of this course, the participant will be able to:

1. Challenge entrenched definitions of surgical success
2. Encourage adoption of patient-defined outcomes in daily practice
3. Improve counseling, expectation management, and satisfaction and align surgical excellence with patient autonomy and outcomes-driven care