title: [Are the patients not carrying protections after radical prostatectomy really continent?].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyse urinary continence and related quality of life in patients not wearing any pad after robotic assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP).
  
  
  METHODS
  Two hundred and sixteen patients operated consecutively by RARP between January 2009 and June 2011 were evaluated by the ICS (International Continence Society) Male Self-questionnaire. The questionnaires were sent by mail and mailed back by patients with a minimum of 14 months following surgery. The ICS questionnaire contains a symptom score (ICS 1) and a quality of life score (ICS 2).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Out of 216 sent questionnaires, 145 (67%) were received. The subgroup of 121 patients who replied that they were not wearing any pad was analysed. Fifty-three (43,8%) of them reported not having leakage when coughing or sneezing, 65 (53,7%) reported not having spontaneous leakage, and 102 (84,3%) reported not having leakage when sleeping. The ICS 1 and ICS 2 scores were strongly correlated (Pearson correlation coefficient 0.96).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Within a group of patients not wearing any pad following RARP, the continence as assessed by self-questionnaires remains altered. This analysis might help counselling patients who are about to choose a surgical treatment for their prostate cancer.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie urologique, CHU de Limoges, faculté de médecine, université de Limoges, 87042 Limoges, France. Electronic address: joachimcenti@yahoo.fr.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Centi
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie urologique, CHU de Limoges, faculté de médecine, université de Limoges, 87042 Limoges, France.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Brakbi
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie urologique, CHU de Limoges, faculté de médecine, université de Limoges, 87042 Limoges, France.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Plainard
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie urologique, CHU de Limoges, faculté de médecine, université de Limoges, 87042 Limoges, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Romain
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie urologique, CHU de Limoges, faculté de médecine, université de Limoges, 87042 Limoges, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gardic
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie urologique, CHU de Limoges, faculté de médecine, université de Limoges, 87042 Limoges, France.
authors.forename: J-P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Dumas
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie urologique, CHU de Limoges, faculté de médecine, université de Limoges, 87042 Limoges, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Descazeaud
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: Continence; Prostatectomie; Prostatectomy; Quality of life; Qualité de vie