Journal Article DKFZ-2026-00969

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Perioperative factors influencing immediate and long-term continence after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.

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2026
Wiley [Hoboken, NJ]

BJUI compass 7(4), e70207 () [10.1002/bco2.70207]
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Abstract: This study aims to identify immediate and long-term predictors of postoperative urinary continence recovery after robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) in a cohort of 1061 patients, enabling risk stratification and informing potentially modifiable perioperative strategies across patient subgroups.Prospectively collected data from 1061 patients who underwent RARP between 2016 and 2021 at a single high-volume hospital were analysed. Urinary continence was evaluated immediately after surgery (n = 1061), after 1 year (n = 797) and after 3 years (n = 621). Multivariable ordinal logistic regression analyses were performed for each time point.Immediately after catheter removal, 34.8% of patients were continent. Younger age, shorter catheterization duration, Retzius-sparing approach and nerve-sparing techniques were significant predictors (p < 0.05). After 1 year, the continence rate was 64.2%, with shorter catheterization duration and nerve-sparing techniques being significant. After 3 years, the continence rate was 79.1%. Only nerve-sparing techniques remained significantly associated with continence.Younger age, shorter catheterization, the Retzius-sparing approach and nerve-sparing surgical techniques were predictive for immediate continence after RARP and represent modifiable factors that should be considered where appropriate. For long-term continence, intraoperative nerve-sparing is particularly crucial.

Keyword(s): perioperative care ; postoperative complications ; prostatic neoplasms ; robotic surgical procedures ; urinary incontinence

Classification:

Note: #LA:E250#

Contributing Institute(s):
  1. NWG KKE Multiparametrische Methoden zur Früherkennung des Prostatakarzinoms (E250)
  2. C060 Biostatistik (C060)
Research Program(s):
  1. 315 - Bildgebung und Radioonkologie (POF4-315) (POF4-315)

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