Table 2.
Surgical and pathologic characteristics of prostatectomy patients.
| Frequencies (%) | Prostatectomy (n = 50) |
|---|---|
| Surgical approach† | |
| Perineal | 2 (4%) |
| Retropubic | 14 (28%) |
| Robotic | 25 (50%) |
| Pathology Gleason score | |
| ≤7 | 8 (16%) |
| ≥8 | 42 (84%) |
| Pathologic T stage | |
| ≤T2 | 13 (26%) |
| ≥T3 | 37 (74%) |
| Pathologic node involvement | |
| NX | 12 (24%) |
| N0 | 29 (58%) |
| N1 | 9 (18%) |
| Adverse pathology | |
| Positive margin | 24 (49%) |
| SV invasion | 22 (44%) |
| EC extension | 37 (74%) |
| Any of the above | 44 (88%) |
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| Means (range) | |
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| Nodes sampled | |
| N0 | 5.8 (1–17) |
| N1 | 15.71 (7–23) |
EC: extracapsular; NX: lymph nodes not sampled; N0: lymph nodes negative for disease; N1: lymph nodes positive for disease; RT: radiotherapy; SV: seminal vesicle.
†Surgical approach data was unavailable for 9 patients.