PURPOSE To evaluate the recovery of continence after robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) and open radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP). MATERIALS AND METHODS We identified 258 patients who underwent surgery by a single surgeon to treat localized prostate cancer. The patients were divided into two groups according to operative method. In group 1, 146 consecutive patients underwe...

PURPOSE We assessed the factors predictive of continence recovery after radical retropubic prostatectomy performed by use a single operative technique by a single surgeon. MATERIALS AND METHODS Preoperative factors, including age, body mass index (BMI), prostate volume, prostate-specific antigen level, and anatomical information from preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), such as memb...

PSARP is currently the most widely-used surgical technique for surgical correction of high and intermediary anorectal malformations, but there is much controversy in the literature about the postoperative evaluation of these cases. We studied 27 cases of anorectal malformations operated with PSARP from clinical and manometric aspects in order to analyze: 1) fecal continence; 2) the relationship...

Bales, G. T., G. S. Gerber, et al. (2000). "Effect of preoperative biofeedback/pelvic floor training on continence in men undergoing radical prostatectomy." Urology 56(4): 62730. OBJECTIVES: To determine whether preoperative biofeedback training improves urinary continence overall or the rate of return of continence in men undergoing radical prostatectomy. METHODS: One hundred men scheduled to ...

PURPOSE Evaluate the results of urinary continence on patients who had undergone radical perineal prostatectomy (RPP) for clinically localized prostate cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS We analyzed the continence data of 120 patients with pathology of cT1-cT2N0M0 prostate cancer and who had undergone RPP. Continence was assessed on the day of catheter removal, at the end of the first and third mo...

Background: To improve early recovery of continence after radical prostatectomy, we present our experience with total reconstruction in urethrovesical anastomosis after extraperitoneal laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (ELRP). Methods: ELRP was performed using a standard urethrovesical anastomosis in 79 consecutive patients (group A) from June 2011 to October 2012, and using a total reconstruc...

Successful eradication of a complicated, recurrent fistula-in-ano with maintenance of anal continence, requires a specialized surgical approach. Mucosal advancement anoplasty is associated with acceptably low rates of recurrence and continence and is reported in this small series of 11 patients where it followed preliminary deployment of a loose guiding and drainage seton. The technique was als...

The standard of care after a pelvic fracture urethral injury is a repair via a one-stage anastomotic posterior urethroplasty using a step-wise perineal approach. The initial injury, immediate postoperative management, and surgical repair can all affect urinary continence in these patients. Proximal continence mechanisms, particularly the bladder neck, are particularly important in maintaining u...

BACKGROUND Several studies have shown that robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) is feasible, with favorable complication rates and short hospital times. However, the early recovery of urinary continence remains a challenge to be overcome. OBJECTIVE We describe our technique of periurethral retropubic suspension stitch during RALP and report its impact on early recovery of ...