Early versus Long-Term Post-Prostatectomy Incontinence Recovery Among Three Robotic-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy Techniques: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Shih-Hsuan Lin, Po-Hung Lin, Da-Yu Chao, Chun-Te Wu, I-Hung Shao · 2026
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Three robotic prostate surgery techniques end at nearly the same place for continence, but one gets patients dry faster, Shih-Hsuan Lin and colleagues show this in a 2026 comparison. Their retrospective study compares Retzius-sparing surgery with conventional two-layer and three-layer reconstruction after radical prostatectomy.
Seventy-nine patients at one tertiary center were grouped by technique, and pad-free recovery was tracked right after surgery and at one, three, and six months. By six months every group reached continence rates of at least 96.7%, with no clear winner among the three. The Retzius-sparing group did better immediately, reaching 89.5% pad-free while the other groups sat at 60.0%, though the one-month gap was not statistically secure. Bladder neck angles differed on imaging without changing long-term function, which the authors take as a reminder that continence has many drivers.
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| CREATOR | Shih-Hsuan Lin, Po-Hung Lin, Da-Yu Chao, Chun-Te Wu, I-Hung Shao |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 25712 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |