From: Incidence and risk factors of inguinal hernia after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy
Surgical and pathological factors | Incidence of IH after RARP | |||
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No | Yes | P value | ||
Surgeon experience (cases) | Low (<40) | 193 (63%) | 27 (9%) | 0.019 |
High (≥40) | 84 (27%) | 3 (1%) | ||
Console time (min) | <183 | 137 (45%) | 14 (5%) | 0.771 |
≥183 | 140 (46%) | 16 (5%) | ||
Nerve sparing | None | 193 (63%) | 19 (6%) | 0.475 |
Performeda | 84 (27%) | 11 (4%) | ||
Lymph node dissection | None | 219 (71%) | 25 (8%) | 0.582 |
Performed | 58 (19%) | 5 (2%) | ||
Recovery of continence after surgeryb | Absent | 174 (56%) | 27 (8%) | 0.002 |
After surgery (at 3 months)c | Present | 102 (33%) | 3 (2%) | |
Recovery of continenceb | Absent | 97 (39%) | 19 (8%) | 0.016 |
After surgery (at 6 months)d | Present | 125 (50%) | 9 (3%) | |
Prostate weighte (g) | <40 | 133 (43%) | 17 (6%) | 0.368 |
≥40 | 144 (47%) | 13 (4%) | ||
pT stage | ≤pT2 | 181 (59%) | 24 (8%) | 0.106 |
≥pT3 | 96 (31%) | 6 (2%) | ||
Resection margin | Absent | 209 (68%) | 24 (8%) | 0.580 |
Present | 68 (22%) | 6 (2%) |