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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: BJU Int. 2015 Mar 30;116(4):577–583. doi: 10.1111/bju.13087

Table 6.

Predicted continence recovery after RP (%) (Values are for median BMI of 28 kg/m2. Probabilities range from the worst characteristics, older with shorter membranous urethral length, to the best characteristics, young with longer membranous urethral length.)

Membranous Urethral Length (mm)

Age ASA 3–6 6–9 9–12 12–15 ≥15
50–53 I/II 69%–80% 76%–85% 82%–89% 87%–92% 91%–98%
III/IV 65%–77% 73%–83% 80%–88% 85%–91% 89%–98%
54–57 I/II 64%–75% 73%–82% 79%–87% 85%–90% 89%–97%
III/IV 61%–72% 69%–79% 77%–85% 83%–89% 87%–97%
58–61 I/II 62%–72% 70%–79% 77%–84% 83%–89% 88%–97%
III/IV 58%–69% 66%–76% 74%–82% 81%–87% 86%–96%
62–65 I/II 56%–69% 65%–76% 73%–83% 80%–87% 85%–96%
III/IV 52%–66% 62%–73% 70%–80% 77%–85% 83%–96%
66–69 I/II 47%–63% 57%–72% 65%–79% 73%–84% 80%–95%
III/IV 43%–60% 53%–68% 62%–76% 70%–82% 77%–95%
70–73 I/II 36%–54% 44%–63% 54%–71% 63%–78% 71%–93%
III/IV 32%–50% 41%–59% 50%–68% 59%–75% 68%–92%
74–77 I/II 23%–41% 31%–50% 39%–60% 48%–68% 58%–89%
III/IV 21%–37% 28% - 46% 36%–56% 45%–65% 54%–88%
78–80 I/II 16%–28% 22%–36% 28%–44% 37%–54% 46%–82%
III/IV 14%–25% 19%–32% 25%–41% 33%–50% 42%–80%

X%– Y% would represent the range of probability for a 53-year-old patient with ASA score I/II, BMI of 28 kg/m2, and membranous urethral length of 3 mm to a 50-year-old patient with ASA score I/II, BMI of 28 kg/m2, and membranous urethral length of 6 mm.