Do all patients need a urethral catheter after robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy?

J Robot Surg · 2026 · PMC13199205 · PMID 42178425

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did not reach statistical significanceP = 0.176not close (p > 0.1)

In addition, non–nerve-sparing was independently associated with lower odds of immediate urinary continence compared with bilateral nerve-sparing (OR 0.29, 95% CI 0.09–0.91, P = 0.034), whereas unilateral nerve-sparing did not reach statistical significance (OR 0.42, 95% CI 0.12–1.47, P = 0.176).

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