Various factors affect the course of RARP and have an impact on functional and oncological outcomes. To date, no structured protocol has been developed for the preoperative assessment of patients undergoing RARP that evaluates not only clinical data on the prostate cancer, but also patient characteristics, including anthropometric measurements of the pelvis. Based on our previous research and preliminary study, the investigators have developed a PIODO Questionnaire to assess these factors and verify whether it is possible to predict the occurrence of operative difficulties as well as functional and oncological outcomes.
Participants undergoing RARP will be assessed preoperatively using the PIODO Questionnaire. The investigators will collect medical data and pelvic MRI measurements to evaluate if the investigators can predict the risk of operational difficulties and possible outcomes of RARP. In a 1-year follow-up, the investigators will obtain information on potency and continence, as well as the presence of biochemical recurrence.
Achieving our goal will allow us to facilitate counselling of patients on their relative likelihood of post-operative continence or erectile function based on individual factors and anthropometric measurements and allow urologists to predict operative difficulties they may face during surgery.
