Urodynamic evaluation before and after to RARP to identify pre and intraoperative factors affecting postoperative continence.

AIMS

To investigate factors contributing to pre and postoperative urethral function in male patients who underwent robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) using the urethral pressure profile (UPP).

METHODS

Study A A total of 313 patients who underwent RARP between April 2013 and March 2015 were prospectively investigated. UPP was performed preoperatively in all patients. Correlation and multiple regression analyses were performed to investigate predictive factors for low preoperative maximum urethral closure pressure (MUCP). Study B To validate the predictive factors for low preoperative MUCP obtained in Study A, 755 patients who underwent RARP between May 2010 and October 2017 were retrospectively examined. Relationships between the time to pad-free status and the following factors were investigated: number of predictive factors, nerve-sparing surgery, and vesicourethral anastomosis (VUA) methods (barbed vs. nonbarbed suture).

RESULTS

Study A A total of 187 patients were enrolled. Multivariate analysis revealed that older age, large prostate volume, low erectile function domain scores in International Index Erectile Function 15, and use of calcium channel blockers were significantly associated with low preoperative MUCP. Study B A total of 515 patients were included. Cox proportional hazard regression showed that the number of predictive factors and VUA method were significantly associated with the time to pad-free status.

CONCLUSIONS

Our study demonstrated that older age, larger prostate volume, poor erectile function, and calcium channel blocker use could be predictive markers for recovery from postprostatectomy urinary incontinence.