“…Due to the standardization of RP procedures, changes in surgical approaches, and improvement of surgical reconstruction, the recovery rate of urinary continence after RP has been reported to increase (4). Several preoperative patients' demographic characteristics, including old age (5,6) and obesity which equals to higher body mass index (BMI) (6,7), larger prostate volume (6,7), and severe lower urinary tract symptom (6,8) have been proposed to be related to post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence. Moreover, preoperative pelvic and urethral anatomic parameters measured on MRI, such as membranous urethral length (MUL) (6, 9, 10) and intravesical prostatic protrusion length (IPPL) (11,12), have also been demonstrated to be associated with the recovery of urinary continence.…”