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Posterior Reconstruction of the Rhabdosphincter

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Urinary incontinence is still one of the major drawbacks following radical prostatectomy. It is considered even more bothersome than erectile dysfunction, even if its incidence is lower. According to the 2015 EAU guidelines mean continence rates at 12 months range from 89 to 100% for patients treated with robot-assisted RP (RARP) to 80–97% for patients treated with retropubic RP (Guidelines on prostate cancer, Arnhem, 2015).

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  1. Department of Urology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

    Bernardo Rocco & Giampaolo Bianchi

  2. Department of Urology, IRCCS Ca’Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy

    Angelica A. C. Grasso & Elisa De Lorenzis

  3. DMS StatLab, Data Methods and sSystems Statistical Laboratory, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

    Marco Sandri

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Rocco, B., Grasso, A.A.C., De Lorenzis, E., Sandri, M., Bianchi, G. (2018). Posterior Reconstruction of the Rhabdosphincter. In: John, H., Wiklund, P. (eds) Robotic Urology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65864-3_32

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