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Article

Predictors of Urinary Continence Recovery after Laparoscopic-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: Is Surgical Urethral Length the Only Key Factor?

by
Alberto Ragusa
1,
Aldo Brassetti
2,*,
Francesco Prata
1,
Andrea Iannuzzi
1,
Pasquale Callè
1,
Francesco Tedesco
1,
Loris Cacciatore
1,
Francesco Esperto
1,
Giuseppe Simone
2,
Roberto Mario Scarpa
1 and
Rocco Papalia
1
1
Department of Urology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, 00128 Rome, Italy
2
Department of Urology, IRCCS “Regina Elena” National Cancer Institute, 00144 Rome, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Life 2023, 13(7), 1550; https://doi.org/10.3390/life13071550
Submission received: 12 June 2023 / Revised: 7 July 2023 / Accepted: 10 July 2023 / Published: 13 July 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Prostate Cancer: 2nd Edition)
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Abstract

Several efforts in recent years have been made to predict urinary continence (UC) recovery after radical prostatectomy. The aim of our study was to investigate the impact of surgical urethral length preservation (SULP) on urinary continence after LARP (laparoscopic-assisted radical prostatectomy). We retrospectively queried our datasets from May 2021 to May 2022. After the application of exclusion criteria, a total of 100 patients who underwent LARP for prostate cancer at our institution were enrolled. Through a sterile ruler inserted by a 12 mm trocar, the length of the membranous urethra spared during LARP was assessed intra-operatively. The baseline and peri- and postoperative data of patients were collected, and UC was defined as 0 or 1 on a safety pad. The median SULP was 20.5 mm (IQR, 14.5–25), and the median intraoperative EBL were 150 mL (IQR, 100–200). The Kaplan–Meier curve showed a significant difference at 20 mm, which was used as the cut-off value for SULP (log-rank test, p < 0.001). Multivariate Cox proportional hazards models showed that SULP and EBL < 250 mL were associated with UC recovery (all p < 0.02). Surgical urethral length preservation seemed to improve early UC recovery after LARP. Further multicentric studies are needed to confirm our findings.
Keywords: urethra sparing; LARP; minimally invasive; urinary continence urethra sparing; LARP; minimally invasive; urinary continence

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Ragusa, A.; Brassetti, A.; Prata, F.; Iannuzzi, A.; Callè, P.; Tedesco, F.; Cacciatore, L.; Esperto, F.; Simone, G.; Scarpa, R.M.; et al. Predictors of Urinary Continence Recovery after Laparoscopic-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: Is Surgical Urethral Length the Only Key Factor? Life 2023, 13, 1550. https://doi.org/10.3390/life13071550

AMA Style

Ragusa A, Brassetti A, Prata F, Iannuzzi A, Callè P, Tedesco F, Cacciatore L, Esperto F, Simone G, Scarpa RM, et al. Predictors of Urinary Continence Recovery after Laparoscopic-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: Is Surgical Urethral Length the Only Key Factor? Life. 2023; 13(7):1550. https://doi.org/10.3390/life13071550

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Ragusa, Alberto, Aldo Brassetti, Francesco Prata, Andrea Iannuzzi, Pasquale Callè, Francesco Tedesco, Loris Cacciatore, Francesco Esperto, Giuseppe Simone, Roberto Mario Scarpa, and et al. 2023. "Predictors of Urinary Continence Recovery after Laparoscopic-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: Is Surgical Urethral Length the Only Key Factor?" Life 13, no. 7: 1550. https://doi.org/10.3390/life13071550

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Ragusa, A., Brassetti, A., Prata, F., Iannuzzi, A., Callè, P., Tedesco, F., Cacciatore, L., Esperto, F., Simone, G., Scarpa, R. M., & Papalia, R. (2023). Predictors of Urinary Continence Recovery after Laparoscopic-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: Is Surgical Urethral Length the Only Key Factor? Life, 13(7), 1550. https://doi.org/10.3390/life13071550

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