. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 9.

Published in final edited form as: CA Cancer J Clin. 2008 May 23;58(4):196–213. doi: 10.3322/CA.2008.0002

TABLE 1.

Continence Rates in Contemporary Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy and Retropubic Prostatectomy Series

Approach	Patients (n)	Continence Rate at 12 Months (%)	Reference
RRP	500	92	Lepor H, Kaci L, Xue X⁵⁵
RRP	50	64	Artibani W, Grosso G, Novara G, et al⁵⁶
LRP	71	40	Artibani W, Grosso G, Novara G, et al⁵⁶
LRP	550	82	Guillonneau B, Gupta R, El Fettouh H, et al²³
LRP	235	90	Salomon L, Anastasiadis AG, Katz R, et al⁵⁷
LRP	500	84	Rassweiler J, Schulze M, Teber D, et al⁴⁵
LRP	300	90	Stolzenburg JU, Truss MC, Bekos A, et al⁵⁸
LRP	106	85	Erdogru T, Teber D, Frede T, et al⁵⁹
LRP	200	95	Eden CG, King D, Kooiman GG, et al⁶⁰

Abbreviations: RRP, radical retropubic prostatectomy; LRP, laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.