A novel tool to predict functional outcomes after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy and the value of additional surgery for incontinence.
Manuela TutoloLuk BruyneelFrank Van der AaNancy Van DammeBen Van CleynenbreugelSteven JoniauEnrico AmmiratiGigi VosAlberto BrigantiDirk De RidderWouter Everaertsnull nullPublished in: BJU international (2020)
Our models set the stage for a more accurate counselling of patients. In particular, our preoperative model assesses the risk of UI according to preoperative and early postoperative variables. Our postoperative model can identify patients who most likely would not benefit from conservative treatment and should be counselled on continence surgery.
Keyphrases
- robot assisted
- minimally invasive
- patients undergoing
- radical prostatectomy
- prostate cancer
- coronary artery bypass
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- high resolution
- peritoneal dialysis
- mass spectrometry
- hepatitis c virus
- urinary incontinence
- smoking cessation
- human immunodeficiency virus
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- replacement therapy
- hiv testing