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Table 3 Postoperative pathological evaluation

From: Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: a single surgeon’s experience in 80 cases after 2 years of formal training

 

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

P

Positive surgical margin: n (%)

7 (35%)

2- (10%)

4- (20%)

6 (30%)

0.254

In pathologically T2 or lower

2 (10%)

0- (0%)

3- (15%)

1 (5%)

0.308

In pathologically T3 or higher

5 (25%)

2- (10%)

1- (5%)

5 (25%)

0.196

Lymph node

 NX

10 (50%)

13 (65%)

11 (55%)

9 (45%)

0.624

 N0

10 (50%)

7 (35%)

9 (45%)

11 (55%)

 

 ECE (%)

9 (45%)

12 (60%)

10 (50%)

7 (35%)

0.456

 SVI (%)

4 (20%)

2 (10%)

3 (15%)

3 (15%)

0.853

  1. SD = standard deviation; ECE: Extracapsular extension of tumor; SVI: seminal vesicle invasion; CV: coefficient of variation