Table 4.

Positive Surgical Margins After Radical Prostatectomy

			Positive Margins (%)
		Patients,	pT2	pT3	Study
Author(s) (Reference)	Institution	N	Disease	Disease	Period
Open radical prostatectomy
Lepor*	New York University	1000	2.9	33.2	2000–2005
Roumeguere et al (21)†	Erasme Hospital	77	7.3		1999–2001
Klein et al (44)	Cleveland Clinic	152	7.4	29.6	1994–1996
Laparoscopic radical Prostatectomy
Rassweiler et al (32)	University of Heidelberg	438	9.7	37.1	1999–2002
Guillonneau et al (28)	Montsouris Institute	1000	15.5	31.1	1998–2002
Menon et al (26)	Henry Ford	100	11	40	2001–2002
Ruiz et al (20)	Henri Mondor	330	15.3	44.3	2000–2002
Roumeguere et al (21)†	Erasme Hospital	85	7.8		1999–2001

^*Unpublished data.

^†Concurrent studies at same institution.