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) | |