Table 3.

Potency data 3, 6, and 12 months after robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy

Months after surgery	Bilaterally nerve spared, no./tot. no. (%)	Unilaterally nerve spared, no./tot. no. (%)	Partial resection of NVB, no./tot. no. (%)	Follow-up rate (%)
3 months	19/36 (52.8)	8/24 (33.3)	4/23 (17.4)	92.4
6 months	15/26 (57.7)	11/24 (45.8)	4/20 (20)	84.5
12 months	13/15(86.7)	13/15 (86.7)	10/19 (52.6)	95.8

Defined as the ability to have erections sufficient for penetration in at least half of attempts with or without the use of PDE inhibitors