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Predictors of Early Continence after Robot‐assisted Radical Prostatectomy
Author(s) -
YAMADA Yuta,
FUJIMURA Tetsuya,
FUKUHARA Hiroshi,
SUGIHARA Toru,
NAKAGAWA Tohru,
KUME Haruki,
IGAWA Yasuhiko,
HOMMA Yukio
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
luts: lower urinary tract symptoms
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.451
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1757-5672
pISSN - 1757-5664
DOI - 10.1111/luts.12181
Subject(s) - urinary continence , medicine , prostatectomy , stage (stratigraphy) , univariate analysis , urology , multivariate analysis , prostate cancer , surgery , cancer , paleontology , biology
Objective Our objective was to investigate predictors of early continence outcome after robot‐assisted radical prostatectomy ( RARP ). Methods Clinical records were prospectively collected in 272 patients who underwent RARP . Clinical parameters, continence rates, and time to achieve continence were investigated and analyzed. Recovery of continence was defined as achieving complete continence (pad‐free). Results In the univariate analysis, young age (≤67 years) and low pT stage (≤ pT2 ) were significantly associated with continence achieved within 2 weeks after RARP ( P = 0.0343 and P = 0.0406, respectively). Low prostate weight was the only factor associated with recovery of continence within 1 month ( P = 0.0461). Multivariate analysis revealed that young age (≤67 years) and low pT stage (≤ pT2 ) were statistically significant predictors of continence within 2 weeks after RARP ( P = 0.040 and P = 0.015, respectively). Conclusion Young age and low pT stage were independent predictors of early continence.