Study design

prospective

Study time

2016.6-2018.5

Country

Netherlands

Object

All men were newly diagnosed with biopsy‐proven localized PCa and were eligible candidates for curative treatment.

Inclusion criteria

Only patients with a normal preoperative continence, based on the Intertiol Consultation on Incontinence Questionire‐Short Form (ICIQ‐SF) who answered “never” on the item “When does urine leak?” were included for alysis. Patients who had received neoadjuvant hor_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x005f_x0002_mol therapy, who had previous surgical treatment for enlarged prostate, who had developed a urethral stricture and therefore underwent a urethrotomy within 1 year after RARP were excluded. Also, patients with a salvage RP after earlier local treatment or patients who received salvage radiotherapy within 6 months after RARP were excluded.

Sample size

508

Topic classification

Prediction，Other prognosis，QoL，Uriry Incontinence

Keypoint

Persolized information about the risk of incontinence after RARP makes more patients reconsidering their initial treatment preference.

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