Impact of oral antithrombotic agents on urinary continence recovery following robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) is a preferred minimally invasive surgical treatment for prostate cancer. The number of elderly patients and those with cardiovascular and/or cerebrovascular issues undergoing surgery is increasing, and many of them are taking antithrombotic (AT) agents. However, the effect of AT agents on postoperative urinary recovery has not been adequately studied. In this study, we analyzed the differences in the postoperative recovery of urinary continence and oncological outcomes in patients undergoing RARP for localized prostate cancer between AT agent adherents and non-adherents.

Methods

A total of 394 patients who underwent conventional anterior RARP between February 2015 and February 2021 were categorized into two groups: thos

SUBMITTER: Oshima M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11438376 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature