Suprapubic tube versus urethral catheter drainage after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Suprapubic tube versus urethral catheter drainage after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract Background Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in the elderly population. The standard treatment is radical prostatectomy (RARP). However, urologists do not have consents on the postoperative urine drainage management (suprapubic tube (ST)/ urethral catheter (UC)). Thus, we tr...

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Main Authors: Zhongyu Jian, Shijian Feng, Yuntian Chen, Xin Wei, Deyi Luo, Hong Li, Kunjie Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:BMC Urology
Subjects:
Prostate cancer
Prostatectomy
Robotics
Suprapubic catheter
Urethral catheterization
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12894-017-0312-5

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