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The aim of this study was to evaluate the preoperative patient characteristics and multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) data that determine early postoperative continence in patients who underwent robotic radical prostatectomy at our clinic. Methods: In this study, patients who underwent robotic radical prostatectomy at our clinic between March 2020 and June 2022 were evaluated. The patients\u2019 demographic data, preoperative PSA levels, digital rectal examination findings, preoperative lower urinary tract symptoms, sexual function, mpMRI findings, Briganti scores, surgical techniques used during the procedure and postoperative continence status were assessed. Results: A total of 111 patients were included in the study. The mean age of the patients was 61.1 years. The median follow-up duration was twelve months. According to the postoperative continence status, 22% of the patients were incontinent, 53% had moderate continence and 24% were fully continent in the first month. At the third month, 16.8% of the patients were incontinent, 31.3% had moderate continence and 51.8% were fully continent. At the one-year postoperative follow-up, the percentages of incontinent, moderately continent and fully continent patients were 4.8%, 13.2% and 81.9%, respectively. Urethral width in mpMRI (p: 0.012), pelvic transverse (p: 0.002) and AP (anterior\u2013posterior) diameters (p: 0.033), preoperative IPSS scores (p: 0.033) and the presence of bilateral nerve-sparing surgery (p: 0.047) were found to be associated with postoperative urinary continence. No significant differences were found between groups regarding the relationship of other parameters evaluated by mpMRI with continence. Conclusions: In our study, preoperative IPSS scores, urethral width in mpMRI, pelvic transverse and AP diameters and the performance of nerve-sparing surgery were associated with early postoperative continence. 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