Table 1.

Preoperative and postoperative clinicopathologic data

Variable	RRP (n=95)	RALP (n=140)	P-value
Preoperative patient data
Mean follow-up (yr)	9.4	4.5
Mean age (yr)	60.3	62.1	0.185
Preoperative Gleason score	6.7	6.6	0.642
<6	52.6 (50)	50 (70)	0.845
7	26.3 (25)	25.0 (35)	0.765
>8	21.1 (20)	25.0 (35)	0.345
Mean preoperative PSA	9.1	8.3	0.502
<10	81.1 (77)	80.0 (112)	0.876
10–20	11.6 (11)	14.3 (20)	0.324
>20	7.3 (7)	5.7 (8)	0.234
Clinical stage
T1	55.8 (53)	53.6 (75)	0.756
T2	44.2 (42)	46.4 (65)	0.245
>T3	0 (0)	0 (0)
Postoperative pathologic data
Final Gleason score
Mean	7.2	7.2	0.893
<6	22.1 (21)	17.1 (24)	0.564
7	46.3 (44)	55.7 (78)	0.345
>8	31.6 (30)	27.2 (38)	0.456
Pathologic stage
T3a	49.5 (47)	47.1 (66)	0.456
T3b	42.1 (40)	45.7 (64)	0.754
T4	8.4 (8)	7.2 (10)	0.652
Positive margin	58.9 (56)	47.1 (66)	0.083
Biochemical recurrence	18.9 (18)	18.5 (26)	0.943
Median biochemical recurrence free survival (mo)	12.0	12.0	0.740

Values are presented as number (%).

RRP, radical retropubic prostatectomy; RALP, robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy; PSA, prostate specific antigen.