Predictors of urinary function recovery after laparoscopic and robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.

Journal: International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology
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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Even in the era of laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP) and robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP), we sometimes encounter patients with severe urinary incontinence after surgery. The aim of the present study was to identify predictors of urinary continence recovery among patients with urinary incontinence immediately after surgery (UIIAS).

Authors

  • Kyohei Hakozaki
    Department of Urology National Hospital Organization Saitama Hospital Saitama Japan.
  • Toshikazu Takeda
    Department of Urology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Yota Yasumizu
    Department of Urology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Nobuyuki Tanaka
    Department of Urology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Kazuhiro Matsumoto
    Department of Urology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.
  • Shinya Morita
    Department of Urology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Takeo Kosaka
  • Ryuichi Mizuno
    Department of Urology Keio University School of Medicine Tokyo Japan.
  • Hiroshi Asanuma
    Department of Urology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Mototsugu Oya
    Department of Urology Keio University School of Medicine Tokyo Japan.