Study design

retrospective

Study time

2010.5-2016.3

Country

France

Object

patient age, preoperative prostate-specific antigen (PSA), biopsy Gleason score, clinical stage, prostate volume, and MRI targets characteristics. Intraoperative parameters were pelvic lymph node dissection, presence of a pudendal artery, nerve sparing, bladder neck preservation, quality of the astomosis, and difficulties encountered during the procedure. Postoperative variables included length of catheterization, postoperative complications, results of the histologic stage, definitive Gleason score, and surgical margins. Follow-up variables were PSA, time to recurrence, uriry reeducation, time to full continence recovery, number of pads used at catheter removal (immediate continence), and at 1,3, and then every 6 months during 2 years postsurgery.

Robots remarks

Da Vinci (Intuitive surgical°)

Sample size

187

Topic classification

Intraoperative operation，QoL，Uriry Incontinence

Keypoint

The Subsphincteric astomosis significantly improved the rates of immediate, early, and 1-year continence recovery after RALP.

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