Table 12.
Robot-Assisted 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) | Median/mean age (years) | Unilateral | Bilateral | Follow-up (months) | Unilateral NS | Bilateral NS | 3 months | 6 months | 12 months | > 18 months |
| Joseph48 | 2006 | 325 | 60 | 23.6 | 70 | 12 | 58 | 80.6 | - | 77.1 | - | - |
| Menon63 | 2007 | 1142 | 60.2 | 25.00a | 33.00b | >18 | - | 100 | - | - | 70b | 100b |
| Zorn51 | 2007 | 300 | 59.4 | 26.4 | 59.6 | 24 | 62 | 83 | 47 | 58 | 74 | 76.5 |
| Patel64 | 2007 | 500 | 63.2 | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | 78 | - |
| Krambeck35 | 2009 | 294 | 61 | 91 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 70 | - | |
| Murphy53 | 2009 | 395 | 60.2 | 28.2 of potent men |
65.3 of potent men |
12 | - | - | - | - | 62 | - |
| Weighted means | 60.7 | 59.9 | 93.5 | 47 | 58 | 70.7 | 95 | |||||
a
Unilateral veil.
b
Bilateral veil.
NS = nerve sparing.