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. 2020 Feb 8;8(1):10–15. doi: 10.1016/j.prnil.2020.01.001

Table 2.

Radical prostatectomy, type of surgery, and pathological features of radical prostatectomy specimens.

Variable n (%)
Radical prostatectomy methods
Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy—n (%) 59 (34.9%)
Robotic Retroperitoneal Radical Prostatectomy—n (%) 1 (0.6%)
Laparoscopic Transperitoneal Radical Prostatectomy—n (%) 15 (8.9%)
Robotic Transperitoneal Radical Prostatectomy—n (%) 94 (55.6%)
Tumor volume (ml) mean +SD 2.75
Histological type, n (%)
Adenocarcinoma 173 (99.4%)
Ductal adenocarcinoma 1 (0.6%)
Primary Gleason grade, n (%)
3 112 (65.5%)
4 52 (30.4%)
5 7 (4.1%)
Secondary Gleason grade, n (%)
3 69 (40.6%)
4 87 (51.2%)
5 14 (8.2%)
Tertiary Gleason grade, n (%)
1 7 (12.3%)
2 26 (45.6%)
3 10 (17.5%)
4 2 (3.5%)
5 12 (21.1%)
Total Gleason score, n (%)
6 37 (21.7%)
7 106 (62.4%)
8 7 (4.1%)
9 19 (11.2%)
10 1 (0.6%)
Positive surgical margin, n (%) 60 (34.5%)
Apex 13 (7.5%)
Anterior 11 (6.3%)
Posterolateral 22 (12.6%)
Bladder neck 13 (7.5%)
Surgical margin Gleason grade, n (%)
1 4 (9.8%)
2 6 (14.6%)
3 16 (39%)
4 8 (19.5%)
5 7 (17.1%)
Tumor size at positive surgical margin, n (%)
Microscopic (<1 mm) 21 (38.9%)
Macroscopic (>1 mm) 33 (61.1%)
Extracapsular extension, n (%) 55 (32.4%)
Extracapsular extension side, n (%)
Right 15 (34.9%)
Left 16 (37.2%)
Bilateral 12 (27.9%)
Perineural invasion, n (%) 129 (74.6%)
Lymphovascular invasion, n (%) 10 (5.8%)
Seminal vesicle invasion, n (%) 22 (12.8%)
Seminal vesicle invasion side, n (%)
Right 5 (25%)
Left 6 (30%)
Bilateral 9 (45%)
Lymph node dissection, n(%) 79 (45.4%)
Number of Lymph Nodes
Tumor positive lymph node side, n (%)
Right 3 (20%)
Left 4 (26.7%)
Bilateral 8 (53.3%)

SD, standard deviation.