Independent Factors Affecting Postoperative Short-Term Urinary Continence Recovery after Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy

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Surgical steps of transvesical robot-assisted radical prostatectomy. Through a vertical cystotomy (a), a circumferential incision was made around the internal urethral orifice (b). Dissections of the vas deferens and seminal vesicles were done through the lower half of the circumferential incision (c). Intrafascial posterior dissection was continued towards the apex (d). Lateral dissection of prostatic pedicles and neurovascular bundles was completed between the prostatic capsule and periprostatic fascia in a nerve-sparing manner (e). Anterior dissection continued towards the apex and urethra was exposed and transected (f). Urethrovesical anastomosis was achieved using two 4-0 barbed polydioxanone sutures on RB-1 needles in a running fashion (g). The bladder was closed in two layers in a running fashion (h).

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