BACKGROUND: We assessed urinary continence recovery and perioperative complications in patients operated on with the novel urethral fixation technique during open radical cystectomy (RC) with ileal orthotopic neobladder (IONB). METHODS: A retrospective cohort of 82 consecutive male patients undergoing open RC with IONB between 07/2013 and 06/2020 was analyzed. A study group of 48 patients operated on with the urethral fixation technique was compared with a control group of 34 patients receiving standard neovesico-urethral anastomosis. In the study group, the urethral stump was fixed to the dorsal median raphe posteriorly and to the medial portion of levator ani muscle postero-laterally in order to avoid urethral retraction/deviation. Urinary continence recovery and perioperative complications were assessed and compared between the two groups. RESULTS: The two groups were comparable with regard to demographic, clinical and pathological variables. At the median follow-up of 36 months, 42 (87.5%) patients in the study, and 22 (64.7%) in the control group during daytime, and 32 (66.7%) patients in the study, and 15 (44.1%) patients in the control group during nighttime used no pads or a safety pad (P=0.01 and P=0.04, respectively). Ninety-day postoperative complications were observed in 14 (29.2%) patients in the study, and in 10 (29.4%) cases in the control group (P=0.77). CONCLUSIONS: In our exploratory case-control study of male patients undergoing open RC with IONB, we observed a significant improvement in daytime and nighttime urinary continence recovery with no increase in perioperative compli- cations using the novel urethral fixation technique compared to the standard neovesical-urethral anastomosis.

Ficarra, V., Giannarini, G., Alario, G., Tulone, G., Rossanese, M., Mucciardi, G., et al. (2022). Urethral fixation technique improves urinary continence recovery in men undergoing open radical cystectomy and ileal orthotopic neobladder. MINERVA UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY, 74(3), 313-320 [10.23736/S2724-6051.21.04354-8].

Urethral fixation technique improves urinary continence recovery in men undergoing open radical cystectomy and ileal orthotopic neobladder

Tulone, Gabriele;Simonato, Alchiede
2022-06-22

Abstract

BACKGROUND: We assessed urinary continence recovery and perioperative complications in patients operated on with the novel urethral fixation technique during open radical cystectomy (RC) with ileal orthotopic neobladder (IONB). METHODS: A retrospective cohort of 82 consecutive male patients undergoing open RC with IONB between 07/2013 and 06/2020 was analyzed. A study group of 48 patients operated on with the urethral fixation technique was compared with a control group of 34 patients receiving standard neovesico-urethral anastomosis. In the study group, the urethral stump was fixed to the dorsal median raphe posteriorly and to the medial portion of levator ani muscle postero-laterally in order to avoid urethral retraction/deviation. Urinary continence recovery and perioperative complications were assessed and compared between the two groups. RESULTS: The two groups were comparable with regard to demographic, clinical and pathological variables. At the median follow-up of 36 months, 42 (87.5%) patients in the study, and 22 (64.7%) in the control group during daytime, and 32 (66.7%) patients in the study, and 15 (44.1%) patients in the control group during nighttime used no pads or a safety pad (P=0.01 and P=0.04, respectively). Ninety-day postoperative complications were observed in 14 (29.2%) patients in the study, and in 10 (29.4%) cases in the control group (P=0.77). CONCLUSIONS: In our exploratory case-control study of male patients undergoing open RC with IONB, we observed a significant improvement in daytime and nighttime urinary continence recovery with no increase in perioperative compli- cations using the novel urethral fixation technique compared to the standard neovesical-urethral anastomosis.
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Ficarra, V., Giannarini, G., Alario, G., Tulone, G., Rossanese, M., Mucciardi, G., et al. (2022). Urethral fixation technique improves urinary continence recovery in men undergoing open radical cystectomy and ileal orthotopic neobladder. MINERVA UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY, 74(3), 313-320 [10.23736/S2724-6051.21.04354-8].
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