Recovery of pad-free continence in elderly men does not differ from younger men undergoing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy for aggressive prostate cancer.

Journal: World journal of urology
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Abstract

PURPOSE: To analyze urinary continence outcome following robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) for aggressive prostate cancer in men aged ≥ 70 and < 70 years.

Authors

  • Joanne Nyaboe Nyarangi-Dix
    Department of Urology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Georgi Tosev
    Department of Urology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. georgi.tosev@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
  • Ivan Damgov
    Freelance Statistical Consultant, Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • Philipp Reimold
    Department of Urology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Cem Aksoy
    Department of Urology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Gencay Hatiboglu
    Department of Urology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Dogu Teber
    Department of Urology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Josef Mansour
    Department of Urology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Franklin Emmanuel Kuehhas
    Consultant Urologist, Stadiongasse 6-8/30, 1010, Vienna, Austria.
  • Jan Philipp Radtke
    From the Department of Radiology (D.B., P.S., J.P.R., P.K., K.Y., M.F., H.P.S.), Division of Medical Image Computing (S.K., M.G., N.G., K.H.M.H.), Division of Statistics (M.W.), and Department of Medical Physics (T.A.K., F.D.), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, Heidelberg 69120, Germany; German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Heidelberg, Germany (D.B., H.P.S., K.H.M.H.); and Departments of Urology (J.P.R., B.H., M.H., B.A.H.) and Neuroradiology (P.K.), University of Heidelberg Medical Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Markus Hohenfellner
    From the Department of Radiology (D.B., P.S., J.P.R., P.K., K.Y., M.F., H.P.S.), Division of Medical Image Computing (S.K., M.G., N.G., K.H.M.H.), Division of Statistics (M.W.), and Department of Medical Physics (T.A.K., F.D.), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, Heidelberg 69120, Germany; German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Heidelberg, Germany (D.B., H.P.S., K.H.M.H.); and Departments of Urology (J.P.R., B.H., M.H., B.A.H.) and Neuroradiology (P.K.), University of Heidelberg Medical Center, Heidelberg, Germany.