Preservation of pelvic floor muscles contributes to early continence recovery after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.

Journal: PloS one
Published Date: Oct 7, 2022

Abstract

PURPOSE: Postoperative recovery of urinary continence has a great impact on quality of life for patients undergoing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP). A variety of surgical techniques including reconstruction of the periurethral structure have been introduced, and yet there are no effective methods that promote early urinary continence recovery after surgery. We hypothesized that the preservation of pelvic floor muscle structure could be responsible for early recovery of urinary continence after surgery.

Authors

  • Masaki Nakamura
    Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Yuta Yamada
    Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Yusuke Sato
    Graduate School of Radiological Technology, Gunma Prefectural College of Health Sciences, Maebashi, Japan.
  • Kazuki Honda
    Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Daisuke Yamada
    Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Taketo Kawai
    Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Yoshiyuki Akiyama
    Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Motofumi Suzuki
    Department of Urology, Tokyo Teishin Hospital, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Haruki Kume
    Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

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