TY - JOUR T1 - Examination of Necessity for Pelvic Drain Placement After Robot-assisted Radical Prostatectomy JF - In Vivo JO - In Vivo SP - 2895 LP - 2899 DO - 10.21873/invivo.12579 VL - 35 IS - 5 AU - HIROAKI IWAMOTO AU - YOSHIFUMI KADONO AU - RYUNOSUKE NAKAGAWA AU - TOMOYUKI MAKINO AU - SUGURU KADOMOTO AU - HIROSHI YAEGASHI AU - MASASHI IIJIMA AU - SHOHEI KAWAGUCHI AU - TAKAHIRO NOHARA AU - KAZUYOSHI SHIGEHARA AU - KOUJI IZUMI AU - ATSUSHI MIZOKAMI Y1 - 2021/09/01 UR - http://iv.iiarjournals.org/content/35/5/2895.abstract N2 - Background/Aim: Pelvic drain (PD) placement is commonly performed after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP), but the need for PD placement is unclear. This study aimed to assess the need for PD placement after RARP. Patients and Methods: This retrospective study analysed the effect of PD placement on postoperative complications in patients who underwent RARP between 2009 and 2018. All patients prior to October 1, 2016 had a PD placed; those after did not. Results: Of the 308 study patients, 231 received a PD (PD group) and 77 did not (ND group). The incidence of ileus, urinary tract infection and anastomotic leak did not differ significantly between the groups; nor did the incidence of asymptomatic and symptomatic lymphocele at 2 weeks and 1 year after surgery. Multivariate analysis showed that lymph node dissection is a predictor of asymptomatic lymphocele development two weeks after surgery. Conclusion: PD placement is not necessary after RARP. ER -