Table 1.
Comparison of descriptive characteristics (n (% of treatment group))
| Feature | RALP (n=2241) | OP (n=1818) | LP (n=250) | p Value |
| Age (median (25%–75% quartile)) | <0.001 | |||
| 64 (60–67) | 65 (61–68) | 65 (61–68) | ||
| Region | <0.001 | |||
| Capital Region of Denmark | 1097 (49) | 1272 (70) | 120 (48) | |
| Region of Southern Denmark | 121 (5) | 123 (7) | 12 (5) | |
| Central Denmark Region | 554 (25) | 264 (15) | 77 (31) | |
| North Denmark Region | 470 (21) | 160 (9) | 39 (16) | |
| Organisation type* | <0.001 | |||
| Within department | 878 (39) | 1009 (55) | 101 (41) | |
| Across departments | 470 (21) | 160 (9) | 39 (16) | |
| Robotic centre | 894 (40) | 650 (36) | 108 (44) | |
| Tumour size | 0.521 | |||
| T0-T2 | 847 (38) | 649 (36) | 81 (33) | |
| T3-T4 | 324 (14) | 265 (15) | 37 (15) | |
| Ta & Tis | 0 (0) | 1 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Missing data | 1071 (48) | 904 (50) | 130 (52) | |
| Nodal involvement | <0.001 | |||
| N0 | 304 (14) | 489 (27) | 46 (19) | |
| N1-N3 | 40 (2) | 41 (2) | 3 (1) | |
| Missing data | 1898 (85) | 1289 (71) | 199 (80) | |
| Metastases | 0.001 | |||
| No | 652 (29) | 565 (31) | 46 (19) | |
| Yes | 0 (0) | 1 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Missing data | 1590 (71) | 1253 (69) | 202 (81) | |
| CCI | 0.401 | |||
| 0 | 3 (0) | 1 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| 1 | 0 (0) | 1 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| 2 | 2230 (99) | 1810 (100) | 245 (99) | |
| 3 | 4 (0) | 2 (0) | 2 (1) | |
| 6 | 5 (0) | 5 (0) | 1 (0) |
*Organisation type refers to whether the robot is used within a single department, used across several departments or used in a robotic centre.
CCI, Charlson Comorbidity Index; LP, laparoscopic prostatectomy; OP, open prostatectomy; RALP, robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy; Ta, tumour without invasion; Tis, carcinoma in situ.