Prediction of Incontinence after Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: Development and Validation of a 24-Month Incontinence Nomogram.

Incontinence after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) is feared by most patients with prostate cancer. Many risk factors for incontinence after RARP are known, but a paucity of data integrates them. Prospectively acquired data from 680 men who underwent RARP January 2008-December 2015 and met inclusion/exclusion criteria were queried retrospectively and then divided into model development (80%) and validation (20%) cohorts.

A micro double capillary method for rheologic measurements of lower airway secretions.

We modified the double capillary method of Philipoff et al. [23] to allow rheologic measurements of lower respiratory secretions. The system consists of a precision bore stainless steel capillary (0.