The effect of preoperative membranous urethral length on likelihood of postoperative urinary incontinence after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.

Hospital-Based Medicine Nursing Oncology/Hematology Urology State Required CME
Journal: Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases
Published Date: Mar 29, 2022

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy affects many men. In addition to surgical and patient factors, longer preoperative membranous urethral length (MUL) has been suggested to be associated with improved postoperative urinary continence outcomes. Here, we assess the association of preoperative MUL and the risk of persistent postoperative urinary incontinence after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) for prostate cancer on extended follow-up.

Authors

  • Scott A Greenberg
    Department of Urology, UCSF-Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. [email protected].
  • Janet E Cowan
    University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
  • Peter E Lonergan
    Department of Urology, UCSF-Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
  • Samuel L Washington
    University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
  • Hao G Nguyen
    Department of Urology, UCSF-Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
  • Ronald J Zagoria
    Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
  • Peter R Carroll
    University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.

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