Study time

2016.5-2016.12

Country

Italy

Object

patients who underwent RARP with or without ePLND were prospectively randomized in a control (CG) and study (SG) group. In the CG, a drain was placed in the pelvic cavity at the end of surgery and removed after 24 hours. The trial was designed to assess non-inferiority. T

Inclusion criteria

2 were excluded because of higher than usual intraoperative bleeding.

Sample size

110

Topic classification

Intraoperative operation

Keypoint

No-drain policy is equivalent to drain after RARP in terms of Clavien-Dindo score complication rate, length of hospital stay, and hospital readmission rate.

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