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Improving Outcomes for Early Return of Urinary Continence

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Incontinence and impotence are the two chief drawbacks of radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP).1 Incontinence seems to be the problem that troubles patients most, even if its incidence is inferior to that of impotence.

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  1. Department of Urology, School of Robotic Surgery, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy

    Bernardo M. Rocco M.D.

  2. Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Clinica Urologica I - Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Gabriele Cozzi M.D.

  3. Department of Urology, European Institute of Oncology, Milano, Italy

    Sara Melegari M.D.

  4. Florida Hospital Global Robotics Institute Florida Hospital Celebration Health, Celebration, FL, USA

    Vipul R. Patel M.D.

  5. University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Florida Hospital Celebration Health, Celebration, FL, USA

    Vipul R. Patel M.D.

  6. Florida Hospital Celebration Health Global Robotics Institute, Celebration, FL, USA

    Vipul R. Patel M.D.

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Rocco, B.M., Cozzi, G., Melegari, S., Patel, V.R. (2011). Improving Outcomes for Early Return of Urinary Continence. In: Patel, V. (eds) Robotic Urologic Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-800-1_17

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