The significance of transrectal ultrasound and urologist_dually guided pelvic floor muscle exercise in improving urinary continence after radical prostatectomy

Table 1 Demographic and clinicopathological variables of patients in the observation and control group

Variables	Observation group (N = 50)	Control group (N = 64)	P value
Age (years)	67.5 ± 7.1	68.1 ± 5.7	0.665
BMI (kg/m²)	23.9 ± 2.4	24.2 ± 2.8	0.558
PSA (ng/ml)	4.2 ± 7.4	5.9 ± 7.8	0.243
Cholestenone (mmol/L)	4.5 ± 1.1	4.6 ± 0.8	0.641
Time of RP (min)	226.9 ± 91.2	243.6 ± 86.1	0.319
Intraoperative bleeding (ml)	186.2 ± 104.1	196.6 ± 159.7	0.693
Hospital stay (days)	16.8 ± 7.7	18.3 ± 6.6	0.274
Gleason scores
≤ 7	24	29	0.775
≧8	26	35
Neadjuvant therapy			0.413
No	10	17
Yes	40	47
TURP
No	39	49	0.856
Yes	11	15
Hypertension
No	32	39	0.738
Yes	18	25
Diabetes
No	37	50	0.607
Yes	13	14
Operation			0.433
LRP	31	35
RARP	19	29
Lymph node dissection			0.369
No	18	18
Yes	32	46

Measurement data were expressed using by mean ± SD, and analyzed using Student’s t-test. Categorical variables were detected by Chi-square test
BMI body mass index, PSA prostate specific antigen, TURP transurethral resection of the prostate, LRP laparoscopic radical prostatectomy, RARP robot-assisted radical prostatectomy

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