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Table 4.

SSIs rates in the other studies which compared RRP and RALP

First author	Institution	No. of cases, type	Median/mean age, y	Median/mean BMI	Preoperative PSA ng/mL, median	Mean Prostatic vol, cm3!	Median/mean operative time, min	Mean Hospitalization time, days	Mean Catheterisation duration, d	SSIs, %
Menon et al.[21]	Vattikuti Urology Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan;	RRP 30	64	30	8.4^*	48.4	138^*	2.3^*	13.7^*	1
		RALP 30	62	30	9.94^*	58.8	288^*	1.5^*	10.7^*	1
		RALP 200	59.9	27.7	6.4	58.8	160	1.2^*	7^*	1

Nelson et al.[28]	Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee	RRP 374	59.9	-	8.4	-	-	1.23	-	1.4
Nelson et al.[28]		RALP 629	59.3	-	6.7	-	-	1.17	-	0.3

Ficarra et al.[29]	Departments of Oncological and Surgical Sciences, Urology Clinic,	RRP 105	65^*	26	6	40	-	-	-	1
Ficarra et al.[29]		RALP 103	61^*	26	6.4	37.5	-	-	-	0

Ryu et al.[30]	Department of Urology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul Korea	RRP 340	64.9	24.7	9.7	36.2	170.8	10.1^*	7.5^*	4.1^*
Ryu et al.[30]		RALP 524	64.9	24.6	10.1	36	146.4	7.9^*	6.2^*	0.2^*

Froehner et al.[31]	Departments of a Urology University Hospital ‘Carl Gustav Carus’	RRP 2,438	64.9^*	-	10.4^*	-	-	7.7	-	3.2
Froehner et al.[31]		RALP 317	62.6^*	-	6.4^*	-	-	8	-	2.5

Our study	Department of Urology and Pediatric Urology, University Hospital, Kiel, Germany. Department of Urology, Sechenov Moscow State Medical University	RRP 187	67.7	26.4	8.7	41.6	269.5^*	13.5^*	12.6^*	14.4^*
Our study		RALP 98	68.9	26.3	7.4	45.4	331.3^*	9.7^*	9.2^*	2^*

RALP: robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy; RRP: retropubic radical prostatectomy; BMI: body mass index; SSI: surgical site infection