Research Article

Older Age and Larger Prostate Volume Are Associated with Stress Urinary Incontinence after Plasmakinetic Enucleation of the Prostate

Table 3

Multivariate predictors of postoperative transient incontinence.

VariableOdds ratio (95% CI) value

Age (<70 versus ≥70) (yr)9.239 (4.616–18.495)<0.001
Prostate volume (<90 versus ≥90) (ml)15.390 (8.077–29.326)<0.001
Total PSA (ng/ml)1.017 (0.985–1.049)0.307
Quality of life score0.830 (0.643–1.071)0.152
Total operation time (min)0.999 (0.993–1.004)0.685

PSA: prostate specific antigen.