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Urethral catheter removal 3 days after radical retropubic prostatectomy is feasible and desirable

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The purpose of this work was to assess the feasibility of urethral catheter removal 3 days after radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP). Twenty-two patients who underwent RRP with a watertight eight-suture vesicourethral anastomosis had their urethral catheter removed usually on postoperative day (POD) 3. The average day of urethral catheter removal was POD 3.2. At 3 months, 56% of patients required no or one protective pad to stay dry and 68.4% of patients ‘never leaked’ or ‘leaked occasionally’. Following RRP, the urethral catheter can be removed as early as POD 3 if the intraoperative anastomosis is watertight without compromising urinary continence.

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    J M Albani & C D Zippe

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Albani, J., Zippe, C. Urethral catheter removal 3 days after radical retropubic prostatectomy is feasible and desirable. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis 5, 291–295 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.pcan.4500601

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