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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies

From: Suprapubic tube versus urethral catheter drainage after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

LOE

Design

N

follow up

Time for removal of UC and ST

Pain

Continence definition

Quality

   

UC

ST

 

UC

ST

   

Tewari A 2008 [6]

2b

pro

20

10

6 months

POD 7

POD 7

questionnaire

0-1pad/day

8

Krane LS 2009 [7]

4

Retro

50

202

6-12 months

POD 7

POD 7

FPS-R scale (0–10)

0-1pad/day

6

Prasad SM 2014 [8]

1b

pro-random

29

29

N

POD 7

POD 7 (UC removed POD1)

VAS scale (0–10)

N

RCT

Afzal MZ 2015 [9]

3b

Retro

174

51

N

POD 8

POD 6–9 (UC removed POD1)

N

0-1pad/day

7

Morgan MS 2016 [10]

3b

Retro

65

94

>3 months

POD 7–10

POD 9–10 (UC removed POD1)

questionnaire

N

7

Martinschek A 2016 [11]

1b

pro-random

35

27

1 year

N

N

VAS scale (0–10)

N

RCT

Harke N [12]

1b

pro-random

80

80

2 years

POD 5

N (UC removed POD1)

NRS (0–10)

0-1pad/day

RCT

  1. ST Suprapubic tube, UC urethral catheter; Pro prospective, Random randomised, Retro retrospective, LoE level of evidence, POD postorerative day, N not gived, VAS visual analog scale, NRS numeric rating scale, FPS-R scale Faces Pain Score-Revised, RCT randomized controlled trail