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Table 4 Functional outcomes

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

Continence at 6 months (%)

16 (80%)

19 (95%)

17 (85%)

18 (90%)

0.515

Potency at postoperative 6 months (%)*

3 (15%)

5 (25%)

3 (15%)

6 (30%)

0.569

Potency at postoperative 6 months (%)

2 (40%)

4 (44%)

1 (33%)

3 (43%)

0.989

Follow-up time (mean ± SD)

15.30 ± 1.92

10.9 ± 1.12

7.7 ± 1.38

5.7 ± 1.34

0.001

  1. SD = standard deviation
  2. *Overall
  3. †Bilateral nerve sparing technique