Table 10.
Open Radical Prostatectomy: Potency Outcomes
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Type of nerve sparing % |
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Potency (%) |
Overall potency rates (%) |
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| Authors | Year of publication | Patients (N) | Mean/median age (years) | Unilateral NS | Bilateral NS | Follow-up (months) | Unilateral NS | Bilateral NS | 1 month | 3 months | 6 months | 12 months | > 18 months |
| Catalona17 | 1999 | 858 | 63 | 7 | 93 | 18 | 47 | 68 | - | - | - | - | 66.5 |
| Kao59 | 2000 | 1069 | 63.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | - | - |
| Stanford60 | 2000 | 1042 | 62.9 | - | - | >18 | 41.4 | 44 | - | - | 7.9 | 14.7 | 18.5 |
| Kundu23 | 2004 | 1834 | 61 | 3.4 | 96.5 | >18 | 53 | 76 | - | - | - | - | 75 |
| Saranchuk24 | 2005 | 647 | 58 | 6.6 | 92.5 | 24 | - | 62 | - | - | - | 37 | 62 |
| Bianco25 | 2005 | 785 | 58 | 27.7 | 71.8 | 48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 70 |
| Penson65 | 2005 | 1213 | 58% between 39–64 | - | - | 60 | 23 | 40 | - | - | 9 | 17 | 28 |
| Michl66 | 2006 | 411 | 62.2 | 29.7 | 70.3 | 12 | 29.8 | 54.5 | - | - | - | 47.6 | - |
| Eastham32 | 2008 | 1577 | 58 | 19 | 80 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | 39 | 67 |
| Touijer33 | 2008 | 164 | 59 | 6 | 91 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 58.5 |
| Loeb34 | 2008 | 3458 | 61 | - | 92 | >18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 70 |
| Ayyathurai67 | 2008 | 797 | 60.5 | 22 | 78 | 45 | 53 | 72 | - | - | - | - | 67.7 |
| Marien68 | 2009 | 634 | 57 | 12 | 87 | 24 | 47 | 61 | - | - | - | - | 59 |
| Weighted means | 60.6 | 13.8 | 87.6 | 43.1 | 60.6 | 29 | 61 | ||||||
NS = nerve sparing.