Table 7.
Eight Recently Published Studies Analyzing Postradical Prostatetomy Incontinence by Multivariate Analysis
| Authors | Year | Surgical approach | Time point of evaluation | Definition of continence | # of covariants | Age | Nerve sparing | Attempted nerve sparing | Prostate size | IIEF-5≥14 | SHIM | IPSS | BMI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kim1 | 2011 | RARP and open RRP | 24 months | Pad free | 10 | (+) | (−) | ||||||
| Ko10 | 2012 | RARP | 3 month | Pad free | 21 | (+) | (+) | (−) | (−) | (−) | (−) | ||
| Novara8 | 2010 | RARP | 12 months | No leak | 2 | (+) | |||||||
| Lee9 | 2010 | RARP | 6 month | Pad free | 5 | (+) | (−) | (−) | (−) | ||||
| Takenaka11 | 2009 | LRP | 1, 3, 6 months | Pad free | 3 | (−) | (+) at 6 months | (+) at 3 month | |||||
| Open RRP | 1, 3, 6 months | Pad free | 3 | (−) | (−) | (−) | |||||||
| Shikanov7 | 2010 | RARP | 1 year | Pad free | 4 | (+) | (−) | (+) | (+) | ||||
| Konety12 | 2007 | Open RRP | 6 months to 2 year | 4 | (+) | (+)>25 cc | (+) | ||||||
| Burkhard2 | 2006 | Open RRP | Until 2 years | Pad free | 7 | (+) | (+) |
(+)=included at multivariate analysis and statistically significant at multivariate analysis; (−)=included at multivariate analysis, but not statistically significant.
IIEF-5=International Index of Erectile function-5; SHIM=Sexual Inventory for Men; IPSS=International Prostate Symptom Score; BMI=body mass index; RARP robot-assisted radical prostatectomy; RRP=retropubic radical prostatectomy; LRP=laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.