Group name
Day 2-Postoperative catheter removal
Groups definition
early catheter removal (48 h after RARP, group A)
Groups remarks
Patients includedingroupAunderwent a bladder cystogram 48 h after RARP. If no extravasation of contrast medium was detected, the catheter was removed. The patients were kept in hospital and monitored for24 h.Incaseof spontaneous voiding thepatientsweredischargedonthe 3rd postoperative d (POD) after performing a uroflowmetry. If an anastomotic urinary leakage was detected at cystogram, the catheter was left in place and a cystogram was repeated on the 6th POD. In case of spontaneous voiding, the patients were discharged the day after performing uroflowmetry.