Impact of Robot-assisted Radical Prostatectomy on Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Predictive Factors for Symptom Changes: A Longitudinal Study

After RARP, LUTS significantly improved over a 1-year period in patients with moderate to severe LUTS. However, in the immediate postoperative setting, LUTS was exacerbated in patients with mild LUTS. Increased BMI was associated with a lack of improvement in LUTS, whereas early recovery of urinary continence after surgery predicted better symptomatic improvement in LUTS, especially storage symptoms.