Table 3.
Comparison of postoperative urinary incontinence following RP stratified by experience of the surgeon
| |
Experience of the surgeon |
|
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LRP 200 | RRP 200 | LRP 500 | RRP 500 | p-value* | |
| Pads/day (mean ± SD) |
0.7 ± 0.8 |
0.8 ± 1.2 |
0.6 ± 1.0 |
0.5 ± 0.9 |
0.207 |
| Pad categories/day (%) |
|
|
|
|
0.776 |
| No incontinence (0-1 pads) |
44/53 (83.0) |
45/57 (78.9) |
52/63 (82.5) |
54/62 (87.1) |
|
| Mild incontinence (2-3 pads) |
9/53 (17.0) |
10/57 (17.5) |
9/63 (14.3) |
7/62 (11.3) |
|
| Severe incontinence (3 pads) |
0/53 (0) |
2/57 (3.5) |
2/63 (3.2) |
1/62 (1.6) |
|
| ICIQ-sum score (mean ± SD) |
5.9 ± 4.6 |
7.2 ± 5.1 |
4.8 ± 4.7 |
3.9 ± 3.3 |
0.001 |
| ICIQ incontinence categories (%) |
|
|
|
|
< 0.001 |
| None |
14/55 (25.5) |
8/64 (12.5) |
23/67 (34.4) |
18/62 (29.0) |
|
| Mild |
10/55 (18.2) |
22/64 (34.4) |
18/67 (26.9) |
25/62 (40.3) |
|
| Moderate |
25/55 (45.5) |
17/64 (26.6) |
16/67 (23.9) |
19/62 (30.6) |
|
| Severe | 6/55 (10.9) | 17/64 (26.6) | 10/67 (14.9) | 0/62 (0) | |
*Indicates test for comparison among the two age cohorts. All tests are chi-squared, unless stated otherwise.
MW, Mann –Whitney-U-Test.