Feasibility and continence outcomes of extended prostatic urethral preservation during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prostatic urethra is conventionally resected during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP). We describe the technical feasibility and urinary continence outcomes of extended prostatic urethral preservation (EPUP) during RARP.

Methods

A single surgeon at a National Comprehensive Cancer Network institute performed 48 consecutive RARP operations using EPUP from March 2014 to March 2016, during which time 177 conventional non-EPUP RARP operations were performed by other surgeons. Prior to this period, the EPUP surgeon had performed 17 non-EPUP RARP operations over 15 months. Total intracorporeal urethral length (IUL) preserved during EPUP was measured intraoperatively. Associations of EPUP and IUL with continence recovery rates and/or times were tested in Fis

SUBMITTER: Nunez Bragayrac LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8389087 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature