Table 12: Positive Surgical Margins for Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopy, Endoscopic Laparoscopy and Open Surgery for Prostate Cancer from the Clinical Literature Review.
| Prostate Cancer | Surgical Approach | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopy | Open Surgery | |||||
| Events | % | Total | Events | % | Total | |
| Smith 2007 | 16 | 9.4% | 171 | 33 | 24.1% | 137 |
| Ahlering 2004 | 2 | 4.5% | 44 | 4 | 9.1% | 44 |
| Ficarra 2009[a] | 6 | 12.2% | 49 | 7 | 11.7% | 60 |
| Fracalanza 2008 | 4 | 17.4% | 23 | 1 | 9.1% | 11 |
| White 2009 | 8 | 22.9% | 35 | 15 | 42.9% | 35 |
| Laurila 2009 | 8 | 10.0% | 80 | 11 | 15.1% | 73 |
| Rocco 2009 | 18 | 15.0% | 120 | 41 | 17.1% | 240 |
| Ou 2009 | 2 | 13.3% | 15 | 0 | 0.0% | 15 |
| O'Malley 2006 | 10 | 11.2% | 89 | 13 | 19.4% | 67 |
| Total events | 74 | 626 | 125 | 682 | ||
| Weighted Average | 11.8% | 18.3% | ||||
| Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopy | Endoscopic Laparoscopy | |||||
| Events | % | Total | Events | % | Total | |
| Trabulsi 2008 | 2 | 4.7% | 43 | 20 | 12.4% | 161 |
| Hakimi 2009 | 7 | 10.9% | 64 | 9 | 12.7% | 71 |
| Rozet 2007 | 23 | 20.9% | 110 | 16 | 15.5% | 103 |
| Srinualnad | 6 | 30.0% | 20 | 2 | 11.8% | 17 |
| Total events | 38 | 237 | 47 | 352 | ||
| Weighted Average | 16.0% | 13.4% | ||||
| Weighted Average | 13.0% | |||||