TABLE 1.

Comparisons between men who did and who did not receive prophylactic sutures with respect to clinicopathological features and haemostatic variables

	Prophylactic sutures
Variable	No	Yes	P
Clinicopathological features
Mean:
Age, years	59.6	59.8	0.89
Preop. PSA, ng/mL	6.12	7.11	0.31
Clinical stage ≤T1c, %	73	86	0.04
Biopsy Gleason ≥7, %	27	42	0.04
Organ-confined, %	81	77	0.49
Prostatectomy Gleason ≥7, %	43	54	0.15
Positive surgical margins, %	13	15	0.69
Extracapsular extension, %	19	22	0.72
Seminal vesicle involvement, %	1	6	0.06
Lymph node metastases, %	0	1	0.49
Prostate weight, g	48.9	50.9	0.54
Haemostatic variables
Mean:
EBL, mL	1285	700	<0.001
Postoperative Hb, g/dL	10.9	11.8	<0.001