OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact on urinary continence of anterior retropubic suspension with posterior reconstruction during robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP).
PATIENTS AND METHODS: In total, 72 patients who were due to undergo prostatectomy between July 2009 and July 2010 were prospectively randomized into two groups: group A underwent a standard RALP procedure and group B had anterior suspension and posterior reconstruction during RALP. The primary outcome measure was urinary continence, assessed using the University of California Los Angeles Prostate Cancer Index questionnaire at 15 days, and at 1, 3 and 6 months, after surgery. Other data recorded were operation duration, blood loss, length of hospital stay, duration of bladder catheterization, complications and positive margin rate.
RESULTS: The continence rates at 15 days, and at 1, 3 and 6 months, after surgery were 3.6%, 7.1%, 15.4% and 57.9%, respectively, in group A, and 5.9%, 26.5%, 45.2% and 65.4%, respectively, in group B. The continence rates differed statistically between groups at 1 and 3 months (P = 0.047 and P = 0.016, respectively). There was no significant difference between groups regarding complications (P = 0.8) or positive margin rate (P = 0.46).
CONCLUSION: Anterior suspension associated with posterior reconstruction during RALP improved the early return of continence, without increasing complications.
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Hurtes X, Rouprêt M, Vaessen C, Pereira H, Faivre d'Arcier B, Cormier L, Bruyère F. Are you the author?
Urology Department, University Hospital of Tours, Tours; Urology Department, Pitié-Salpétrière Hospital, University Paris VI, Paris; Urology Department, University Hospital of Dijon, Dijon, France.
Reference: BJU Int. 2012 Jan 19. Epub ahead of print.
doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10849.x
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 22260307
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