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. 2015 Dec 10;56(12):823–830. doi: 10.4111/kju.2015.56.12.823

Table 2. Postoperative voiding symptoms and voiding parameters of patient groups divided by various voiding dysfunction definitions.

Variable Postoperative retention Subjective voiding difficulty Voiding difficulty with significant PVR Significant PVR
(-) (+) p-value (-) (+) p-value (-) (+) p-value (-) (+) p-value
No. (%) 436 (97.1) 10 (2.2) 399 (89.5) 47 (10.5) 414 (96.7) 14 (3.3) 365 (81.3) 63 (14.0)
Postoperative Qmax under 15 mL/s 0.007 0.002 <0.001 0.001
 (+) 267 (63.7) 2 (20.0) 251 (65.4) 19 (41.3) 267 (64.3) 2 (14.3) 241 (66.0) 27 (42.9)
 (-) 152 (36.3) 8 (80.0) 133 (34.6) 27 (58.7) 148 (35.7) 12 (85.7) 124 (34.0) 36 (57.1)
Postoperative PVR <0.001 0.003 <0.001 ***
 (+) 361 (86.6) 3 (30.0) 333 (87.2) 32 (69.6) 364 (88.1) 0 (0) - -
 (-) 56 (13.4) 7 (70.0) 49 (12.8) 14 (30.4) 49 (11.9) 14 (100) - -
Postoperative voiding difficulty <0.01 *** <0.001 0.003
 (+) 397 (91.9) 2 (20.0) - - 384 (92.3) 0 (0) 333 (91.2) 49 (77.8)
 (-) 39 (8.9) 8 (80.0) - - 32 (7.7) 14 (100) 32 (8.8) 14 (22.2)
Reoperation 1.000 0.009 0.020 0.502
 (+) 420 (95.7) 10 (100) 389 (96.5) 41 (87.2) 400 (96.2) 11 (78.6) 350 (95.9) 59 (93.7)
 (-) 19 (4.3) 0 (0) 14 (3.5) 6 (12.8) 16 (3.8) 3 (21.4) 15 (4.1) 4 (6.3)
Cure rates 0.490 0.476 0.445 0.243
 (+) 47 (22.0) 2 (40.0) 14 (7.3) 3 (10.3) 16 (7.7) 1 (14.3) 12 (6.5) 4 (13.8)
 (-) 167 (78.0) 3 (60.0) 177 (92.7) 26 (89.7) 191 (92.3) 7 (3.3) 173 (93.5) 25 (86.2)
Satisfaction rates 0.311 0.098 1.000 0.465
 (+) 15 (7.0) 2(40.0) 39 (20.4) 10 (34.5) 46 (22.2) 1 (14.3) 38 (20.5) 8 (27.6)
 (-) 199 (63.0) 3 (60.0) 152 (88.9) 19 (65.5) 161 (77.8) 6 (85.7) 147 (79.5) 21 (72.4)
Postoperative SUI 1.000 0.329 1.000 0.828
 (+) 375 (88.9) 8 (88.9) 344 (89.4) 39 (84.8) 354 (88.7) 13 (92.9) 310 (88.8) 57 (90.5)
 (-) 47 (11.1) 1 (11.1) 41 (10.6) 7 (15.2) 45 (11.3) 1 (7.1) 39 (11.2) 6 (9.5)

Values are presented as number (%).

Qmax, peak flow rate; PVR, postvoid residual; SUI, stress urinary incontinence.